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Amprius In The Media
The New Battery That May Help Soldiers Finally Harness Maximum Energy
As the need for battery capacity on the frontlines increases — think communication systems, navigation devices, medical equipment, drones, and more — so has the need for an innovative, safe, and lightweight solution for a wearable source of energy. This is where Amprius’ proprietary silicon anode technology comes in. Learn more about how Amprius’ safe cells are helping our soldiers overcome energy challenges in the field in the latest Popular Mechanics Magazine article.Read
Why This Ultra Dense Battery Breakthrough Matters
It might surprise you to learn that the basic chemistry of the lithium ion battery at the heart of a brand new Tesla or iPhone hasn’t changed all that much in the last 30 years. What makes the company Amprius, and other similar companies going after silicon, stand out for the future of battery tech?Read
Solar race tightens amid poor light, high winds expected on Wednesday
The race is now led by four teams with new state-of-the-art batteries from American manufacturer Amprius. That power pack, which is expected to be the standard across all teams by the time the 2025 event rolls around, offers at least another kilowatt on previous power cells used in solar car competition.Read
Infinitus Aero reveals E22 Spark electric aircraft
Adelaide manufacturer Infinitus Aero has secured access to leading edge battery technology for its planned E22 Spark electric light sport aircraft (pictured) and plans to be ready for flight within 90 days. Infinitus Aero, formerly known as Bader Aero, secured battery technology from US-based Amprius Technologies and has partnered with Australian based battery integrator Prohelion to configure the E22 Spark.Read
Jon Bornstein, President of Amprius Lab | Munro Live Podcast
Sandy Munro talks with Jon Bornstein, President of Amprius Lab, emphasizing the company’s latest power cell announcement. The new cell offers remarkably high discharge rates, enabling applications that necessitate significant thrust or increased payloads, all while demonstrating extreme fast charge capability.Read
U-M Solar Car Team to Compete in World’s Toughest Race with New Batteries
The University of Michigan Solar Car Team set to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge — considered the world’s toughest and most prestigious solar car race — will use next generation lithium ion batteries supplied by Amprius Technologies Inc. in Fremont, Calif.Read
Amprius supplies batteries for U of Michigan solar car team in world challenge
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies Inc. is supplying battery cells to the University of Michigan Solar Car Team. The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is slated to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge — the world’s toughest and most prestigious solar car race, requiring teams to design, develop and pilot a solar-powered vehicle along a 3,000-km transcontinental Australian route from the northern city of Darwin to the southern city of Adelaide.Read
Revolutionary Battery Technology: Amprius Achieves 500Whkg Energy Storage!!
In this exciting video, we dive into the world of cutting-edge battery technology as we explore Amprius’ groundbreaking achievement of 500Wh/kg energy storage! Join us as we uncover the science behind this revolutionary development and discuss its potential impact on the future of electric vehicles, renewable energy, and portable electronics.Read
TECH Why Porsche, Mercedes and GM are betting on silicon-anode batteries
Lithium-ion battery performance has hit a plateau in recent years, but a breakthrough in technology promises new heights are soon to be in sight. Batteries made with silicon instead of graphite — the commonly used material in battery anodes today — have been shown to enable significantly higher energy density and faster charging.Read
Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner
Dutch start-up Maeve Aerospace on Thursday unveiled plans for an all-electric regional airliner that it says will carry as many as 44 passengers on sectors of up to 460 km (250 nm) by 2029. The company claims its design will be readily scalable in size and that, as battery technology advances, could be enlarged to 52 seats in 2032 and have a range of 710 km by 2040. It has selected U.S.-based Amprius to provide 500 Wh/kg batteries.Read
Amprius Discusses The All-New Amprius 500 Wh/kg Battery Platform with KCBS Radio
Our COO, Jon Bornstein sat down with KCBS Radio, the top morning radio show based out of San Francisco to discuss the impact of the 500 Wh/kg battery platform and what it could mean for the electrification of mobility.Read
Here’s an Idea: Amprius’ Electric Aircraft Battery Energy Density Breakthrough
Amprius Technologies has achieved a new battery energy density breakthrough of 500 Wh/kg with its Li-ion cell, the Silicon Anode Platform. Mobile Power Solutions, an independent testing house, verified the Silicon Anode Platform’s energy density performance.Read
Aviation, the Unlikely Road to Long-range EVs
Amprius eyes drones and air taxis for lightweight battery breakthroughs. Of all the elements in the periodic table, silicon has the highest capacity for combining with lithium. It can hold 10 times as many lithium ions than the graphite anodes common in today’s lithium-ion batteries. Several carmakers and battery startups are looking at silicon anodes for the next generation of long-range, lightweight EV batteries.Read
This light, energy-dense battery just got independently verified
Amprius Technologies (NYSE: AMPX) today announced that its high-energy, high-power lithium-ion battery with a silicon anode platform has been verified by an independent test lab. The 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L battery’s performance was verified by Beaverton, Oregon-based Mobile Power Solutions, which checks compliance, safety, and performance. Its cell model reportedly provides >504 Wh/kg and >1321 Wh/l at 25C.Read
Amprius Sets New Bar For Battery Energy Density
Amprius Technologies has introduced a 500 Wh/kg, silicon-anode, lithium-ion battery, initially for use on solar-powered, high-altitude platform stations including the Airbus Zephyr. The energy density achieved is up to twice that provided by commercially available graphite-anode lithium-ion…Read
Polis Administration Announces Amprius Technologies Inc. Chooses Brighton, Colorado for New Gigawatt-Scale Lithium-Ion Factory
Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) formally announced today that Amprius Technologies, Inc. has signed a letter of intent for a 775,000 square foot facility in Brighton, Colorado. Amprius plans to establish a gigawatt scale factory to support lithium-ion battery production for the U.S. electric mobility market.Read
Waiting for Superbatteries > They are still a long way from matching the energy density of liquid fuel
IF GRAIN MUST be dragged to market on an oxcart, how far can it go before the oxen eat up all the cargo? This, in brief, is the problem faced by any transportation system in which the vehicle must carry its own fuel. The key value is the density of energy, expressed with respect to either mass or volume.Read
BAE Systems and Amprius Explore Opportunities for Battery Technology
Amprius Technologies recently entered into an agreement with BAE Systems for a three-year cooperation. The companies will evaluate potential business opportunities for the silicon nanowire anode batteries developed by Amprius to be used in electric products developed by BAE Systems. Dr. Kang Sun, CEO of Amprius, remarked on the new cooperation agreement, saying, “BAE Systems is at the technological forefront of the defense industry, and this agreement validates the potential of our silicon nanowire anode technology for rigorous aerial applications.”Read
BAE Systems, Amprius Sign 3-Year Electric-Flight Pact
High energy density of silicon nanowire-enabled batteries have potential to greatly extend flight distances. Amprius Technologies, developer of silicon nanowire anode ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries, has entered into a three-year cooperation agreement with BAE Systems for furthering electrically powered flight applications.Read
BAE Selects Amprius’ Advanced Battery For Aircraft Applications
On the heels of listing publicly, startup Amprius has signed a three-year agreement to supply its high-energy-density batteries to BAE Systems’ Air business for use in electrically powered flight applications. California-based Amprius is already supplying its 100%-silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries…Read
Bae Systems Taps Battery Maker Amprius For Electric Aviation And Defense Applications
British defense contractor BAE Systems has entered into a three-year cooperation agreement with lithium-ion battery developer Amprius Technologies, the companies announced last week. Amprius will supply BAE with lightweight and high-energy batteries for electric aviation applications, while leaving the door open to other possible uses in BAE’s defense technologies.Read
DOE AMO awards Amprius $1M to advance manufacturing process of nano-wire silicon anodes
Amprius Technologies, a developer of ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Nanowire Anode Platform, was awarded a $1-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (“AMO”) to be used to mature further its process for manufacturing nanowire-based silicon anodes. This represents the third grant from the DOE, following two previous grants that Amprius received from the DOE’s Vehicle Technology Office.Read
Fremont battery developer awarded third grant to realize clean energy goals
A Fremont-based lithium-ion battery developer has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy. KCBS Radio news reporter Margie Shafer says the company’s batteries are already being used commercially in aviation, but they have an eye on the electric vehicle market.Read
DOE AMO awards Amprius $1M to advance manufacturing process of nano-wire silicon anodes
Amprius Technologies, a developer of ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Nanowire Anode Platform, was awarded a $1-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (“AMO”) to be used to mature further its process for manufacturing nanowire-based silicon anodes. This represents the third grant from the DOE, following two previous grants that Amprius received from the DOE’s Vehicle Technology Office.Read
California’s Electric Revolution: Lithium Ion Battery Supply
As California moves away from gas-powered vehicles the demand for batteries to power electric cars is going up. KTVU’s Heather Holmes speaks with Jon Bornstein, COO of Amprius Technologies about the company’s plans to mass produce lithium ion batteries. Correction at 2:58: Amprius is expected to boost production by 10X in the next year thanks to this grant, not 10 percent.Read
Honda’s $4.4 billion Ohio EV investment; Amprius batteries
Honda makes a massive battery investment in Ohio. A look at GM’s latest effort to connect EVs with the power grid. Nissan takes a bath to get out of Russia. Plus, a conversation with the CEO of Amprius and the head of its new investment partner about the battery company’s ambitious plans and what makes its technology unique.Read
Amprius, leader in lithium-ion batteries, Appoints Ex-Panasonic Director Andrew Huie to Spearhead Expansion Efforts as Vice President of Infrastructure
Amprius Technologies, Inc., a leader in lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Nanowire Anode Platform, announced the appointment of Andrew Huie as its Vice President of Infrastructure.Read
Amprius Puts Silicon to Work
September 13, 2022 – Ronnie Tao, vice-president business development for Fremont, California-based Amprius Technologies, is enthusiastic about his company nearly doubling the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. “Our batteries, our energy cell, is 450-watt hours per kilogram, which is almost double the energy density that’s available in all of the solutions that are out there today,” he continued. “This is actually done via our silicon nanowire platform. And that’s really special.”Read
Cracking the Code for eVTOL Batteries
California-based Amprius is targeting its cutting-edge batteries for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. For years, the battery industry talked about reaching a higher gravimetric energy density—a so-called “magic number” of 450 watt hours per kilogram, which some experts said would break the sector wide open and spur the emerging eVTOL industry forward.Read
A New Silicone Battery That Beats Tesla Two to One in Energy Density Hits the Market
July 16, 2022 – Li-Ion batteries are the most important part of electric vehicles and their characteristics literally make or break an EV. One of the most important characteristics is its energy density, or how much energy can be packed within. Although Tesla was considered the king of battery tech, a new startup started commercial deliveries for a new battery type that is twice as energy-dense as Tesla batteries.Read
Amprius Technologies and Teledyne Flir Enter into Three-Year Component Purchase Agreement
July 15, 2022 – Amprius Technologies, Inc., (“Amprius”), the leader in lithium-ion batteries with its Si Nanowire Anode Platform, announced that it has entered into a Component Purchase Agreement with Teledyne FLIR, a global leader in intelligent sensing, unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), and integrated solutions for defense and industrial markets.Read
Amprius Technologies and Teledyne FLIR Enter Into Three-Year Component Purchase Agreement
July 15, 2022 – Lithium-ion battery expert, Amprius Technologies, has entered into a Component Purchase Agreement with Teledyne FLIR. The agreement sets forth the commercial terms under which both companies plan to expand their relationship over the next three years to address the expanding UAS market.Read
Teledyne, Amprius to partner on UAS batteries – Military Embedded Systems
July 14, 2022 – Amprius Technologies will partner with Teledyne FLIR to provide batteries and components for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) over the next three years to “address the expanding UAS market,” Amprius said in a statement.Read
17 ideas for how to improve our world’s energy systems
May 3, 2022 – The energy category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors solar, wind, and other innovations that create clean power (either for personal use or at a large scale) or new systems for better distribution of electricity.Read
Amprius ships first batch of “world’s highest density” batteries
February 13, 2022 — Californian company Amprius has shipped the first batch of what it claims are the most energy-dense lithium batteries available today. These silicon anode cells hold 73 percent more energy than Tesla’s Model 3 cells by weight, and they take up 37 percent less volume.Read
Amprius Ships First 450 Wh/kg, 1150 Wh/l Battery Cells
February 11, 2022 — Amprius Technologies announced the shipment of the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1150 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells. They will be used in a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). According to the company, those are the first commercially available battery cells with such a high energy density.Read
Partnership With Amprius Gives Airbus Significant Advantage In Electric Aviation
January 6, 2022 — Electric aviation is set to change the landscape first for short range air travel (<150 km), then moving to regional air travel (150-800 km). The batteries needed for short range air travel are similar to what is in a Tesla today, but medium range requires more energy density.Read
Amprius Reports Extreme Fast Charge Battery: 0-80% In 6 Minutes
December 11, 2021 — Amprius Technologies announced that its lithium-ion battery cells with silicon anode (Si-Nanowire platform) achieved a breakthrough fast charging capability of 0-80% state-of-charge (SOC) in just 6 minutes (10C current).Read
People on the Move: Solaria, Empower Energies, Amprius, and more
October 27, 2021 — Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies named Ronnie Tao as VP of business development. Tao brings experience in mobility, robotics, and consumer electronics from previous roles at Sony Electronics, Daimler-Chrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Amazon, and Highpower International.Read
Amprius Technologies awarded US Army contract to develop 100% silicon anode Li-ion batteries for UAS applications
October 13, 2021 — The contract, an 18-month rapid prototyping effort, includes the design, development, and validation of high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries to be used in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications such as drone systems used by the US Army.Read
Amprius Technologies Awarded U.S. Army Contract to Develop 100% Silicon Anode Li-Ion Batteries using Si-Nanowire™
October 12, 2021 — The contract, an 18-month rapid prototyping effort, includes the design, development, and validation of state-of-the-art, high energy density lithium-ion batteries to be used in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications such as drone systems used by the U.S. Army.Read
Amprius Gets $30M Boost for Silicon-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries
January 6, 2014 — Since 2008, Silicon Valley startup Amprius has been working on a multi-pronged effort in next-generation energy storage technology — using silicon, rather than carbon, as a material for the electrodes within lithium-ion batteries.Read