The Chicago-headquartered battery startup held a ribbon-cutting Friday for its new 17,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the West Loop. At peak production, the facility aims to deliver 50 tons per year of silicon oxide, a key competent in batteries, including those that power electric vehicles.
NanoGraf Corp. is ready to make Chicago a battery capital for the entire United States. The Chicago-headquartered battery startup held a ribbon-cutting Friday for its new 17,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the West Loop.
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) praised NanoGraf as being the part of the next generation of innovative technology to come out of Chicago. NanoGraf Corp. is ready to make Chicago a battery capital for the entire United States.
In order to engineer a battery pack it is important to understand the fundamental building blocks, including the battery cell manufacturing process. This will allow you to understand some of the limitations of the cells and differences between batches of cells. Or at least understand where these may arise.
Each step will be analysed in more detail as we build the depth of knowledge. The cell manufacturing process requires 50 to 180kWh/kWh. Note: this number does not include the energy required to mine, refine or process the raw materials before they go into the cell manufacturing plant.
The nation hopes to reach 1 million passenger electric vehicles on the road by 2030 and 100% clean energy by 2050, according to Kristin Richards, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.