Addionics plans to produce copper foils in the USA
Addionics has announced it is now in the final stages of securing the location for its US plant. Production is scheduled to start in 2027, and the company has plans to build further US plants by 2032. In total, Addionics plans to invest 400 million US dollars in its US production sites and manufacture enough copper foil for batteries with a total volume of 90 GWh per year. The company speaks of a “three-stage multi-factory plan” to strengthen US battery production.
Addionics intends to manufacture its special copper foils for battery anodes called “Smart 3D Current Collectors” at its new US plants. The company has redesigned battery architecture to replace the otherwise smooth surface of the copper foils in traditional 2D layered electrode structures with a 3D structure, which increases the surface area. The Israeli company says these foils offer superior energy density, higher performance, faster charging times and a longer service life compared to conventional batteries and that it can create all of these results at a lower cost.
“The ability to manufacture cost-effective high-performance batteries at scale is the biggest challenge facing the EV industry today,” said Dr. Moshiel Biton, CEO and Co-Founder of Addionics. “The new U.S. facility will be our largest manufacturing facility to date and will be able to support and accelerate the local production of the next generation of batteries that are powering the EV and electrified future.”
In 2022, the company announced its plans to move forward with integrating its technology into a variety of applications, with an initial focus on electric vehicles. The company said it is working with automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the US and Europe to integrate 3D smart electrodes into lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC), lithium iron phosphate (LFP), silicon, lithium polymer batteries and solid-state batteries (SSB).
“U.S. automakers are eager to bring the next wave of EVs to market at a price point to compete with gas-powered models,” added Udi Chatow, VP of Manufacturing at Addionics. “The gap between market demand for high-performance, low-cost batteries and what is being produced domestically is widening, and we are excited to be a part of the solution to bring domestic battery supply in line with demand.”
Addionics was founded in 2017 by Biton with two other battery developers and already has several production facilities. Investors include automotive supplier Magna International and aluminium recycler Novelis.
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