Fast charging battery company Storedot claimed a commercialisation milestone with 2,000 extreme fast charging cycles of its silicon-dominant cells. It said they maintained 80% of initial capacity.
The Israeli company said cells were charged consecutively from 10–80% in 10 minutes, demonstrating a charge rate of 4.2C, while discharged at a rate of 1C. “Such achievement of battery cells capable of withstanding 2,000 cycles while meeting the 80% capacity retention benchmark, represents a huge industry milestone, with the results far surpassing current and upcoming EV durability regulations,” it said.
In March 2022, it announced achievement of 1,250 cycles with smaller cells. It has been scaling up and validating its technology and testing with over 15 EV brands using cell capacity of 30Ah.
This year it anticipates demonstrating the world’s first EV pack equipped with XFC technology, shipping prismatic B-samples to OEMs. It also hopes to sign strategic manufacturing agreements and expand operations as it moves to commercialisation.
It claims to be on track with production-readiness of XFC cells that can deliver 100 miles charged in five minutes this year. The plan is cells delivering 100 miles charged in four minutes in 2026 and 100 miles charged in three minutes by 2028.
