- Mercedes-Benz is testing an EQS prototype that is equipped with a solid body battery
- The battery is expected to deliver 25% more area than a conventional fluid battery
- Advanced solid designs could be almost twice as high that conventional batteries are received
Mercedes-Benz has started road tests of its first prototype with a lithium metal festival body battery, which was developed in cooperation with the US company factor.
The prototype is based on the current EQS Electric Full-Size buoyancy, with Mercedes, according to the WLTP test cycle used overseas, a range of at least 621 miles to a single load. This is a About 25% rise via the EQs production, which has a maximum WLTP range of 488 miles.
For the EQS prototype, the factor delivered the battery cells, which were integrated into a battery by Mercedes and the Mercedes-AMG-AMG-AMG-AMG-AMG-AMG-AMG-AMG-Hochpleistlistensungen departments into a battery, which is responsible for the company’s Formula 1 units. The pack has a patented floating cellring with pneumatic actuators who compensate for the expansion and contraction of the cells when loading and discharge.
Solid body batteries are a promising further development of electromobility. By using a solid electrolyte instead of a liquid, you increase safety and enable the use of new anode materials such as lithium metal that exceed significantly Conventional lithium-ion cells and enables higher energy density.
Mercedes-Benz EQS solid body battery prototype
In the EQS prototype, the battery is approximately 25% energy hard as a conventional lithium-ion battery based on liquid. Last year, Mercedes and Factorial showed a battery with almost twice as high as the energy density of the current lithium-ion cell-up 0.45 kWh per kilogram (approximately 2.2 pounds).
Mercedes first announced his partnership with Factorial on Solid State Battery Technology in 2021. In 2024, the companies jointly stated that the technology was commercially profitable until the end of the decade. When the SOLID-State technology reaches commercialization, Mercedes’ development of A New microconverIn combination with innovations in cooling systems, solid -state cells can be integrated within the same battery, along with other cell types.
Although Solid-State batteries are not a new concept, the scaling of production has proven to be more difficult than for car manufacturers and battery manufacturers.
