As the corporate has now introduced, manufacturing there started on the finish of 2023 and ProLogium plans to begin deliveries to automobile producers later this yr. ProLogium due to this fact assumes that the primary electrical automobile with its solid-state batteries from Taoyuan will likely be launched available on the market in 2024. No preliminary buyer or particular mannequin has been named. The OEM companions identified to this point embrace Nio, VinFast and Mercedes-Benz.
If the Taoyuan plant that has now opened reaches its full manufacturing capability of two gigawatt-hours per yr, this must be sufficient for as much as 26,000 electrical autos, as ProLogium calculates – this could lead to round 77 kWh per car. The present 500 MWh ought to due to this fact be sufficient for six,500 autos with the identical battery dimension.
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In accordance with ProLogium, the corporate additionally introduced a 106 Ah solid-state cell on the occasion, which not solely has a strong electrolyte, but additionally an anode with a excessive silicon content material – though the precise proportion just isn’t specified. No different particulars concerning the cell itself are disclosed.
It is because ProLogium’s major focus on the manufacturing facility opening is on manufacturing itself. The press launch states that manufacturing effectivity on the new plant is 2.6 occasions increased than on the firm’s authentic facility. The plant not solely works at twice the manufacturing velocity, but additionally with “revolutionary manufacturing applied sciences” that had been developed by ProLogium itself and regularly examined on the check facility. That is supposed to extend manufacturing effectivity and high quality whereas decreasing manufacturing prices. The latter particularly was beforehand a significant problem for battery cells with strong electrolytes
The opening in Taiwan just isn’t solely related for Europe due to the Mercedes connection: The Taoyuan plant additionally serves as an indication manufacturing facility for ProLogium’s first European manufacturing web site within the northern French port metropolis of Dunkerque. As reported, this will likely be designed for an annual capability of 48 GWh and, in keeping with the newest data from the corporate, sequence manufacturing is ready to start in 2027.
In accordance with ProLogium, it should make investments as much as 5.2 billion euros in Dunkerque. The plant in Taoyuan was considerably cheaper, primarily as a result of its dimension. The corporate invested the equal of 123 million euros right here. By the way, a delegation from Dunkerque was additionally current on the opening of the plant, in addition to representatives from Mercedes-Benz, FEV and Posco.
“That is the world’s first mass manufacturing line for solid-state lithium batteries, primarily for electrical automobiles. EV producers are our future companions,” mentioned firm founder and CEO Vincent Yang at a media briefing, in keeping with the Taipei Occasions. “Some tasks might go into mass manufacturing this yr.”
taipeitimes.com, prologium.com