I made a point to follow Solid Energy Systems many years ago, to see how one such battery technology panned out. They went dark in public media for a while. But they’ve recently gotten more publicity again.
Turns out they got some industrial customers for their battery cells in some demanding niche. Since they didn’t need to attract investors anymore, and I guess they had enough customers to fill the capacity they had in that period, they had no reason to publicise their activities.
Now they’re out there again with interviews and such. I suppose they’re looking to scale up.
Feels like there’s a lot of companies like that these days. Ones that you might heard about as a breakthrough 5-10 years ago and then nothing.. while they’re busy using the investments they got figuring out manufacturing at scale. That’s just the time it takes. Many of them now seem to have pilot/demonstration manufacturing plants up and running now.
In another 3-6 years I think we’ll start to see several of these chemistries in consumer products.
Turns out they got some industrial customers for their battery cells in some demanding niche. Since they didn’t need to attract investors anymore, and I guess they had enough customers to fill the capacity they had in that period, they had no reason to publicise their activities.
Now they’re out there again with interviews and such. I suppose they’re looking to scale up.
Feels like there’s a lot of companies like that these days. Ones that you might heard about as a breakthrough 5-10 years ago and then nothing.. while they’re busy using the investments they got figuring out manufacturing at scale. That’s just the time it takes. Many of them now seem to have pilot/demonstration manufacturing plants up and running now.
In another 3-6 years I think we’ll start to see several of these chemistries in consumer products.