European EV battery producer InoBat Auto launched the world’s first electric vehicle lithium-ion battery designed using artificial intelligence (AI) and high-throughput technology on 9 October.
The Slovakian firm developed the ‘intelligent’ batteries within a year of using processes that identify the optimum cell chemistry to meet the exact needs of an individual vehicle or automaker.
InoBat will begin manufacturing the 265Wh/kg lithium-ion pouch cells from next year. The company aims to increase this to 298Wh/kg mid-way through next year and 330-350Wh/kg and 1000Wh/l by the end of 2023.
The company is also advancing research into the elimination of cobalt and nickel.
An Inobat spokesman told BEST: “The technologies and chemistries currently being developed within the company follow several trajectories.
“These include the continued development of NMC materials with greater inherent energy capacity along with the inclusion of advances in Anode technology to provide cells that target long term requirements set out in the Automotive and transport sectors.
“The team is also developing technologies that will allow the incorporation and industrialisation of solid-state separators into our future cell manufacturing and production plans.”
The company is developing a AI-driven battery research centre and production line in Voderady, Slovakia, which will begin producing its first intelligent batteries next year.
InoBat is also progressing plans to build a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) 10GWh factory with the potential to provide 240,000 EVs with cutting edge, bespoke batteries in 2025.
The battery launch came just days after the former CEO of Aston Martin and COO of Nissan, Dr. Andy Palmer, joined InoBat as non-executive vice chairman to drive the company’s vision for electrification forward.