German technology firm Bosch has entered into a joint venture to doubling the average lithium-ion automotive battery before 2020.
The Lithium Energy and Power joint venture sees the company team up with Japanese battery company GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi.
Bosch’s corporate research department is working on post-lithium-ion batteries, such as those made using lithium-sulfur technology, with plans to bring to market a lithium-sulfur battery by the middle of next the decade.
The venture aims to make lithium-ion batteries with an energy potential as high as 280 Wh/kg – a significant boost from the current density of around 115 Wh/kg.
“Developing a high-voltage vehicle battery that is cost efficient, powerful, and reliable at the same time – this is the proverbial rocket science,” said Dr. Joachim Fetzer, the member of the executive management of the Gasoline Systems division of Robert Bosch GmbH responsible for electromobility.