Swiss startup will increase the mileage of electric vehicles up to 1000 kilometers

Innolith, a Swiss startup, founded by former employees of the bankrupt Alevo battery manufacturer, said it had a breakthrough in battery technology. He managed to create an experimental battery model with a storage charge of 1000 watts per kilogram. This is four times more than the current Tesla. Using such technology electric cars can travel without recharging more than 1000 kilometers.

At the core of Innolith's development, there is still a liquid electrolyte, like traditional lithium-ion batteries. A special feature is the use of inorganic salt-like substance as a solvent. It is chemically stable and less flammable. In addition, this solution allows you to get rid of the most reactive elements, which simplifies the assembly of the battery and solves the problem of "side reactions". Innolith batteries are less susceptible to degradation and save up to 50 percent of the residual capacity after 50,000 cycles of recharging.

Innolith states that the charge density of their experimental battery is 1000 watts per kilogram of mass. For comparison: the Tesla Model 3 battery has a density of about 250 watts per kilogram, with the prospect of increasing this value to 330, and the US Department of Energy sponsors research on building cells with a density of 500 watt-hours per kilogram.

Electric cars with such batteries, according to Innolith, will be able to travel more than 1,000 kilometers without recharging. Pilot production of promising batteries will start very soon at the plant in Germany. To complete the development and to present commercial models, the management of the startup plans within 3-5 years, that is, in the market they will not appear before 2022. At the same time, since 2017, Innolith is testing the American company PJM Grid in an energy supply network.