Charged EVs | Liminal raises $8 million in Collection A financing for its battery intelligence platform

Battery manufacturing intelligence supplier Possible has renamed itself Liminal, and raised $8 million in a Collection A financing spherical, co-led by Good Development Capital and The College of Tokyo Edge Capital Companions. Liminal will use the brand new funding to speed up deployment of its product to battery producers and automakers.

Liminal’s battery intelligence platform, EchoStat, makes use of proprietary ultrasound and machine studying analytics know-how to carry out battery inspections throughout manufacturing. “The non-destructive ultrasonic inspection gives an in depth look inside battery cells, providing a greater understanding of the bodily setting in the course of the manufacturing course of,” says the corporate.

“The EV battery manufacturing business must develop by at the very least 15 instances within the subsequent decade to satisfy projected demand. Battery shortfalls and remembers may be devastating,” stated Maureen Stancik Boyce of Good Development Capital. “By detecting upstream points at their supply by means of every stage of the battery manufacturing course of, Liminal’s know-how creates worth by enabling new EV battery producers to return on-line quicker and produce with considerably improved accuracy and security.”

“One crucial piece that our know-how solves for is enabling the manufacturing of lower-cost, higher-performing, and extra dependable batteries,” stated Andrew Hsieh, Liminal’s co-founder and CEO. “We see an enormous alternative for Liminal to empower its clients with wealthy knowledge and insights to resolve issues earlier than they begin. Our focus is to collaborate with battery producers and automakers who…see battery course of engineering and manufacturing improvements as a aggressive benefit.”

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