QuantumScape is working on the development of its solid state cells which will be very important for the strategy of electrification of the Volkswagen Group in the long term. The German Group, in fact, has invested heavily in this company & agrave; that a few months ago announced that it had made important progress in developing these cells for electric car batteries. As it emerged, QuantumScape has signed a further agreement with the German group for the construction of a production plant. In particular, we would be discussing its location and evaluating the city & agrave; from Salzgitter , Germany. The new structure will be; named QS-1 .
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NEW FACTORY FOR SOLID STATE CELLS
This site will have; initially a capacity; of 1 GWh . Later, when you arrive to the actual series production, the capacity; will grow up up to 21 GWh . This establishment will follow & agrave; the one known as QS-0 in San Jose, California, where it will be & agrave; pilot production of the new solid-state cells that will serve; for the company to refine the development process of this new technology.
Although QuantumScape expresses “optimism” for this new project, however, on the German front they let it be known that for the construction of the production site in Germany it will be; state support required. For this, a final decision of the operation will be taken in the fourth quarter of 2021. Salzgitter's choice, however, is not; was done at random. In fact, as announced during the Power Day, here it will be; built one of the Volkswagen Gigafactories in which it will be & agrave; created the & quot; unified cell & quot ;. Also, always here & egrave; the system that deals with the recycling of batteries has been created.
It will be interesting to understand if Salzgitter will really become; also the center of gravity of the production of solid state cells which in the future will find a place inside the cars of the German group. This technology has been discussed a lot in recent times and lately there is no shortage of announcements from various companies on the fact that many technical problems of the past have been solved and that at the beginning of series production there is no shortage a lot.
In reality, there is still talk of several years of waiting with the prospect of seeing these batteries in large series production only towards the end of the decade. QuantumScape, for its part, seems to have developed a technical solution in which it strongly believes. All that remains is to wait for further news that sheds more light on the upcoming programs of this company that Volkswagen is aiming for in the future.
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