Samsung is making significant progress in unveiling a very powerful battery in the EV market. The South Korean tech giant has showcased its new battery that offers up to 600 miles of range for just 9 minutes of charge. The battery was revealed at the SNE Battery Day 2024 expo in Seoul, South Korea. It says it has begun a pilot run for its solid-state battery line. The pilot line was built in 2023 to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries by 2027, according to the company.

The new Samsung EV battery has already been delivered to EV manufacturers for testing since the end of 2023. Samsung SDI, the specific arm of the tech giant says it is already receiving positive feedback on the battery. The batteries are capable of delivering a driving range of 600 miles (965km) for 9 minutes of charging. Samsung says the battery is designed to have a lifespan of 20 years.

The new Samsung solid-state battery comes lighter, smaller, and safer than lithium-ion batteries which are popularly deployed in EV vehicles. They can enhance safety by replacing the liquid components with solid ones. They take less space and are thus much lighter, holding lots of promise in the EV industry. Samsung says the new batteries will be limited to the super-premium segment of the EV space, highlighting their likely cost outlay. Samsung will also be introducing high-nickel NCS products for the high-end segment as well.

The energy density of Samsung’s solid-state battery is 500Wh/kg which is a massive leap above the current average of around 270Wh/kg. It is unclear what Samsung SDI refers to as 9-minute charging. However, this is unlikely to mean a full charge to be achieved in 9 minutes. Indeed, if the claim relates to quick charging (say from 20% to 80%), then the actual range of the battery could exceed 965km (600 miles). Samsung is also developing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and cobalt-free batteries that will be more affordable.

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The EV revolution could have led Kodak to announce its plans to convert its film manufacturing equipment to manufacture EV batteries. The company will be repurposing some of its high-tech machines originally meant for photography film into EV battery manufacturing equipment.

Kodak has made investments in Wildcat Discovery Technologies in driving its entry into EV battery manufacturing. Kodak says that the supercell Wildcat batteries require a similar coating and engineering inputs to its 35mm film. Therefore, only minimal retooling is required for it to enter into EV battery manufacturing. This could provide a huge boost to the EV battery industry which is grappling with costly production processes.

Kodak’s photography film manufacturing equipment is worth $70-80 million. The photography film production process is called ESTAR which uses polymers to create the films. The polymers require special chemical coatings, akin to the Wildcat battery production process. Kodak says the move into EV battery production could shore up its revenue substantially. The price of EV batteries massively dwarfs that of photography film. EV battery costs account for more than 50% of the cost of an electric vehicle in some instances.

Kodak is currently expanding its productive capability beyond photography. It is already in the production of components for pharmaceuticals, health care, and chemicals for lab operations. The addition of EV battery manufacturing could be an important milestone for Kodak.

The ramifications go beyond the EV industry as Kodak says that home storage batteries also rely on a similar coating process. This will be a massive departure from the past where Kodak-branded batteries were produced by other companies for use in its products. The expansion into battery production will see Kodak employing more staff in its expanding operations. Ordinarily, the photography film industry is a shrinking one experiencing layoffs and redundancies.

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The world’s biggest battery maker CATL has announced that it will start producing a new electric-car battery with 620+miles (1000+ kilometers). The EV battery will enter production in 2023 and has been officially named -The Qilin battery. 

The Qilin is deemed 50% more efficient than the battery that is currently used in the Tesla Model S. Against the 620+ miles range of The Qilin, Tesla’s longest-range electric car Tesla Model S only offers a range of 405 miles. In the United States, the longest-range electric car available is the 169,000$ Lucid Air. Lucid Air is a California-based startup and offers an EV that can travel 520 miles per charge.

The Qilin packs a lot of energy into a small space, according to CATL, the largest EV battery producer in the world and a Tesla supplier. This is possible because of breakthroughs in battery chemistry and packaging. According to CATL, the battery has a 255 watt-hour energy density per kilogram and it will be 13% more powerful than the configuration Tesla recently began utilizing for its Model Y SUVs, which is 4680 batteries.

If a vehicle is equipped with adequate batteries, it can go great distances. And making sure that batteries don’t take up too much room or weigh too much is the difficult part.

Additionally, CATL also claimed that The Qilin can charge from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes, making it leagues apart from anything that the market has to offer. However, the real statistics will only be determined when the battery is rolled out in the market and the EVs using The Qilin are on the road.

There has been no official word as to which US electric carmakers will be interested in implementing The Qilin into the cars. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that two Chinese manufacturers of electric cars, Hozon and Li Auto, have so far committed to using the Qilin pack in upcoming models.

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