Ilika, pioneers of Solid State Battery (SSB) technology for electric vehicles, has started a six-month economic feasibility study with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) to understand what is required to create a dedicated 100 MWh SSB manufacturing line within the UKBIC facilities.
The Ilika-led collaborative project is supported by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) through its Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) which aims to clarify the way forward for industrialisation of solid state batteries in the UK.
The project follows the recent successful APC-funded SOLSTICE project between Ilika and Comau, part of Stellantis, which concluded that there were no barriers to scaling-up Ilika’s Goliath solid state battery technology for electric vehicles and delivered a plant design for a megascale manufacturing facility.
Ilika plc (LON:IKA) is a pioneer in solid state battery technology enabling solutions for applications in Industrial IoT, MedTech, Electric Vehicles and Consumer Electronics.