Recently, there is a piece of news that has attracted the attention of many netizens, that is, the world's first "solid-state battery" production line has achieved mass production. To the surprise of many netizens, it is not the United States, which is a major country in science and technology, or Chinese mainland, which has a huge new energy industry, that has achieved this new breakthrough, but Taiwan.
In fact, Taiwan's scientific and technological strength has always been not to be underestimated, and now it has been able to emerge again in the global wave of science and technology. Solid-state batteries have long been considered a revolutionary product of next-generation battery technology, but now they are the first to achieve mass production on this technology island.
Why is the so-called solid-state battery considered to be a revolutionary product of next-generation battery technology? Let's take a detailed look at the above issues.
1. Why are solid-state batteries a revolutionary product of next-generation battery technology?
A solid-state battery is a type of battery that replaces a liquid electrolyte and separator with a solid-state electrolyte, which is a solid ionic conductor electrolyte that is a characteristic component of solid-state batteries.
It has the advantages of non-leakage, non-flammable and explosive, high mechanical strength, etc., which can well solve the problem of easy leakage and fire of ordinary batteries, and improve the safety of the whole battery as a whole.
At the same time, the solid-state electrolyte has a high ionic conductivity, which makes it ultra-fast and significantly shortens the charging time. The high ionic conductivity of solid-state batteries enables ultra-fast charging capabilities, significantly reducing charging time.
Therefore, solid-state batteries made of solid-state electrolytes also have many advantages such as stronger safety, longer cycle life, better cell thermal management, higher energy density, and faster charging rate, which are urgently needed by new energy vehicles, so they are called revolutionary products of next-generation battery technology.
Once mass production is realized, it can greatly improve the overall performance of the current new energy vehicles and seize the market of more fuel vehicles, thus changing the entire automobile industry pattern.
2. The world's first "solid-state battery" production line has achieved mass production in Taiwan?
Recently, there was news on the Internet that solid-state batteries have successfully achieved a major breakthrough. Taiwan Huineng officially announced that the world's first "solid-state battery" production line has been successfully put into production, and samples have been distributed to major new energy vehicle companies for testing.
Taiwan Huineng is a company founded in 2006, focusing on the R&D, manufacturing and sales of solid-state lithium batteries. Now, with the landing of the solid-state lithium ceramic battery super factory of Huineng Technology, it will be announced that it will become the first company in the world to successfully realize the commercial mass production of solid-state lithium batteries.
According to Taiwan's Huineng Company's own introduction, the "solid-state battery" it has put into production can charge 80% of the power in just 12 minutes.
At present, the common new energy vehicles on the market usually take about 30 minutes to 1 hour to be fully charged with 80% of the power, which is still fast charging. Slow charging, on the other hand, takes longer, often taking several hours to fully charge the battery.
If fully charged, the solid-state battery can also achieve a range of more than 1,000 kilometers for electric vehicles.
At present, the common new energy vehicles on the market usually have a range of between 100 kilometers and 300 kilometers after being fully charged. The cruising range of new energy vehicles with relatively high configuration is only 500 kilometers.
In addition, in terms of battery life, the solid-state battery also performs quite well, with a charge-discharge cycle life of more than 1,000 times. In terms of low temperature resistance, it can maintain excellent power in extremely cold conditions of minus 30 degrees Celsius.
At present, the common new energy vehicles on the market, their performance will be greatly affected at low temperatures. In reality, many car owners are complaining that low temperature is the ruthless killer of new energy vehicles.
Because as the temperature drops, the performance of new energy vehicles is declining sharply, and it may not be able to move directly.
It is reported that the production line currently being built by Taiwan Huineng has an initial capacity of 0.5GWh per year (this is a very large unit of electric energy, 1 GWh of electricity is enough to provide a day's electricity demand for about 10,000 households), which can be used by 14,000 electric vehicles, and the final scale is 2GWh.
Next, Taiwan's Huineng Company is also preparing to build another production line in France that can mass-produce solid-state batteries, which will be able to meet the needs of up to 1.34 million new energy vehicles in one year. The line is expected to be completed and put into production in 2027 with a total investment of up to 5.2 billion euros.
Taiwan's Huineng said that its goal is to become the world's largest solid-state battery manufacturer by 2030, with a 40% market share by then.
Prior to this, companies such as Panasonic, Toyota, and Samsung SDI had also announced in a high-profile manner that they would achieve mass production of solid-state batteries, but in the end, these were all gone, and there was no specific time for when mass production could be realized.
What everyone didn't expect is that the company that really realizes the mass production of "solid-state batteries" is actually the relatively low-key Taiwan Huineng Company.
3. Will the mass production of solid-state batteries become a killer of fuel vehicles?
Before answering this question, let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the current new energy vehicles and fuel vehicles.
On the one hand, the advantage of new energy vehicles is that they are relatively environmentally friendly, they are charged and used, and they will not emit a lot of exhaust gases that are harmful to air quality. On the other hand, it is also in the comparative energy saving, the energy consumed by new energy vehicles is electric energy, which is an economical, practical, clean and easy to control and convert energy form, the overall energy consumption is lower, which is conducive to energy conservation.
In addition, new energy vehicles also have the advantage of low noise, and once new energy vehicles are popularized on a large scale, it will be very conducive to reducing the noise pollution that is widespread in large cities.
On the one hand, it has a relatively short cruising range, which requires frequent charging, and the efficiency of charging is relatively low, which greatly affects the convenience of use.
On the other hand, the current charging facilities in many places are insufficient, especially in some backward towns, basically not a charging facility, which has caused a lot of trouble to car owners.
In addition, the cost of purchasing new energy vehicles is also relatively high, and its core material battery, which needs to be replaced every 8-10 years, and tens of thousands of yuan are lost every time it is replaced. These are the hidden component costs of new energy vehicles.
In contrast, fuel vehicles have a lot of advantages, on the one hand, their cruising range is relatively long, they rely on the traditional engine and gearbox to output and transmit power, and their overall endurance is significantly better than that of new energy vehicles that rely on electric motors for power output.
On the other hand, it is very convenient to refuel fuel vehicles, and there are gas stations everywhere in major cities, and it is easy to find the gas stations you need even in backward towns.
In addition, the purchase cost of fuel vehicles is relatively low, and there is no need to replace batteries frequently like new energy vehicles.
There are many disadvantages of fuel vehicles, on the one hand, the exhaust gas released by it will pollute the air, and the sound that occurs when driving will cause noise pollution, which is not conducive to environmental protection and driving comfort.
On the other hand, the fuel consumption of fuel vehicles is relatively high, and the oil resources consumed by them are precisely the resources that the mainland is relatively lacking, which is not good from the perspective of energy conservation or national strategic energy security.
As mentioned above, solid-state batteries have many advantages over ordinary batteries.
On the one hand, the energy density of solid-state batteries is relatively large, which is expected to reach 500Wh/kg, while the current energy density of ordinary batteries is between 100-150Wh/kg.
Therefore, when the solid-state battery is mass-produced, more energy batteries can be stuffed into the same volume space to double the cruising range, so as to effectively solve the shortcomings of new energy vehicles in terms of cruising range.
On the other hand, there is no liquid electrolyte in solid-state batteries, so even if they are damaged by external forces, they will not easily cause danger, which can make new energy vehicles safer. Moreover, with solid-state batteries, new energy vehicles can no longer be equipped with protective devices, and the space of the whole car can also be used more efficiently, making the entire body lighter.
In addition, the charging and discharging capacity of solid-state batteries is very prominent, and the overall charging efficiency is higher. It takes half an hour to an hour to charge an ordinary battery to 80%, while a solid-state battery only takes 12 minutes.
Although it takes more time to refuel than fuel vehicles, at least in this regard, the gap between new energy vehicles and fuel vehicles can be significantly shortened.
In addition, solid-state batteries have a longer lifespan, the temperature rise is well controlled, and the operating temperature will be wider, and it can work smoothly between minus 20 degrees Celsius and 85 degrees Celsius.
Therefore, when the solid-state battery is mass-produced, it will comprehensively reduce the shortcomings of the current new energy vehicles, and at the same time make its advantages more prominent, which is the way out for the next generation of power batteries, and it is expected to make it a killer of current fuel vehicles.
epilogue
With the mass production of the world's first solid-state battery production line, on the one hand, Taiwan will once again prove its strong scientific and technological innovation capabilities and advanced manufacturing capabilities, and on the other hand, it will also bring more far-reaching changes to the field of new energy vehicles, so that electric vehicles will have longer range, higher safety and faster charging speed.
The advantages of solid-state batteries are very significant, which have been described in detail before, so I will not repeat them here. Presumably, in the next few years, new energy vehicles with the blessing of solid-state batteries will have a violent impact on fuel vehicles, which may end the life of fuel vehicles and make them completely history.
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