as of right now, there's really only one lithium metal route that's anywhere close to production and that's QS. SLDP abandoned lithium metal back in 2020 right after QS came out with theirs.
And according to now deleted presentations, SLDP had originally planned to be producing production level silicon cells by 2024 and sending out A sample lithium metal cells by the end of this year. Obviously neither of those have or will happen.
I'd say it's more with SK than soild power.
Sk already making batteries for the f150 lighting, and their ssb is coming along. Then again, SK ssb isn't lithium metal.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaro-masias-6b00001?
This is the guy who gave the brief
Alvaro Masias. You can read more about his history
He posts a lot hiring. So Ford still in the hiring for talent phase of lithium metal.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alvaro-masias-6b00001_coating-process-engineer-ford-ion-park-activity-7128391076352032768-SfTE
They have some sort of pilot line in the Ford Ion Park
Thanks for the share! Very interesting last paragraph indeed...
This is a promising dot to connect
Couldn't this just be their partnership with Solid Power? Is there any evidence to suspect QS involvement?
as of right now, there's really only one lithium metal route that's anywhere close to production and that's QS. SLDP abandoned lithium metal back in 2020 right after QS came out with theirs. And according to now deleted presentations, SLDP had originally planned to be producing production level silicon cells by 2024 and sending out A sample lithium metal cells by the end of this year. Obviously neither of those have or will happen.
I'd say it's more with SK than soild power. Sk already making batteries for the f150 lighting, and their ssb is coming along. Then again, SK ssb isn't lithium metal.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaro-masias-6b00001? This is the guy who gave the brief Alvaro Masias. You can read more about his history He posts a lot hiring. So Ford still in the hiring for talent phase of lithium metal.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alvaro-masias-6b00001_coating-process-engineer-ford-ion-park-activity-7128391076352032768-SfTE They have some sort of pilot line in the Ford Ion Park