Mercedes-Benz will include a new, highly energy-intensive battery in its upcoming electric G-Class from 2025.
Mercedes-Benz will include a new, highly energy-intensive battery in its upcoming electric G-Class from 2025, it said on Tuesday, solving the problem of how to power large electric cars without the weight of heavy batteries.
Mercedes-Benz said the battery, made by start-up Silla Nanotechnologies, uses silicon-based anodes and is 20-40% more energy dense than comparable cells currently available.
Silicon – which Tesla said in 2020 it would manufacture for use in its batteries – offers an alternative to the more commonly used graphite, 70% of which comes from China.
Mercedes-Benz is the first publicly announced automotive customer of California-based battery start-up Silla Nanotechnologies, which in early May said it was investing at least hundreds of millions of dollars in a new plant in Washington state. 2024.
The premium carmaker has a minority equity stake in unlisted Silla, which is also working with BMW.
Silla, founded by a former Tesla engineer, raised an additional $590 million last year, raising its valuation to an estimated $3.3 billion.
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