2024-01-15 09:05:04
Although most of the market believes that the development of solid-state battery technology will accelerate the growth of electric vehicle products, Mercedes-Benz Chief Technology Officer Markus Schäfer recentlyexpressSolid-state batteries may not be necessary for the development of electric vehicles because lithium-ion battery technology continues to advance, and even energy density improvements and cost control performance have caught up with the performance of solid-state batteries.
Markus Schäfer said that this does not mean that Mercedes-Benz is not optimistic regarding the development of solid-state battery technology. In fact, it has also invested in new solid-state battery technology innovations in the United States and South Korea and continues to pay attention to the development of this battery technology. However, because lithium-ion battery technology has continued to grow in recent years, even As the energy density and cost control performance keep up with solid-state batteries, the high energy density and low-cost design advantages of solid-state batteries that were promising in the past have gradually become smaller, and have even fallen into longer-term research and development constraints. Therefore, it is believed that lithium-ion battery technology is more likely to become the next The key to promoting the development of the electric vehicle market.
Unlike Toyota, Nissan and other car manufacturers that plan to invest in mass production of solid-state batteries in 2028, Mercedes-Benz may focus on investing in lithium-ion battery technology next.
In addition, Markus Schäfer also believes that the market is currently too optimistic regarding the development of solid-state battery technology. Just like the market’s view on the development of autonomous driving technology, a few years ago it was believed that the application technology would be widely popularized, but now there is still a lot of room for improvement. At the same time, Markus Schäfer also believes that even if many electric vehicles have ultra-fast charging capabilities, they still cannot solve the common problem of battery life anxiety among buyers. Therefore, he believes that creating higher energy density batteries is still the current key development direction.
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