Chinese startup releases solid-state lithium-metal batteries for flying cars

['Technode Feed', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img', 'Height Auto Max-Width', 'Vertical-Align Bottom .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Vertical-Align Middle .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar Is .Alignleft .Alignright'] TechNode 2024-11-22 00:00:00

Chinese battery startup Inx recently announced that it has developed a new solid-state lithium-metal battery which could be powerful enough for use in electric aircraft, and has signed a supply deal with Chinese drone maker EHang. The battery has an energy density of 480 watt-hours per kilogram (Wh/kg), which allowed a flying car developed by EHang to complete a trial flight that lasted for more than 48 minutes on Nov. 1, Inx said on Nov. 15 at a press conference. For comparison, the energy density of liquid-state lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles is normally between 200 and 300 Wh/kg, TechNode has reported. Inx, headquartered in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, said it has established an assembly line to produce 200 megawatt hours’ (MWh) worth of solid-state lithium-metal batteries per year. [TechNode reporting, Inx statement, in Chinese]Related