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What companies to look out for for next Gen battery/energy storage developments? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure how to word this.. But who should I be following in terms of battery/energy storage research and development companies? I'm less interested in start ups and more interested in bigger companies who are investing heavily in R&D

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The big companies are ignoring the sector and just plan on buying the most profitable startups that look promising.

So ignore the fortune 1000 entirely and invest in smaller companies that are hiring engineers in chemistry if your goal is to invest effectively in battery technology.

But you are missing the advances in metallurgy (superconducting metals are making great strides), mechanical engineering (flywheel technology is taking advantage of new micro-controlled magnetic bearings) and physics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lg chem Panasonic and Samsung, might be who you are looking for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean automobile industry players? Anyone else just don't have the capital to "invest heavily"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Automotive batteries and grid storage are probably going to be separate. Car batteries (or e-bikes, for that matter) need high capacity in the lowest weight. Grid storage cares a lot less about weight; they want the lowest cost per MWh.

Flow batteries, in particular, are something to keep an eye on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm interested in batteries/energy storage science and want to know who's the big players in R&D big picture stuff, so yeah cars included but that's not like my specific interest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Catl, the top dog of the industry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the correct answer. Biggest battery company by a mile, and really embracing new battery techs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look at the “Just Have A Think” channel on YouTube. He examines all the new battery techs, and revisits them periodically to see how they’re being developed etc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The ones who start delivering working units.