Amprius 

• Amprius markets itself as a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries with the highest energy density that any company has to offer across the globe.
• The company also develops battery components for multiple applications. The types of applications, or customers using those components, were not disclosed by the company. Upon further investigation, the company develops batteries for a number of end-use cases, e.g. advanced wearables, drones, electric vehicles, and robotics.
• The company's customers in the battery component segments include Nokia and original equipment manufacturers in China and the United States.
• Besides the production of Silicon nanowire batteries, the company is also involved in research and development in battery technology and manufacturing processes.
• The company's value proposition is the delivery of batteries that "provide significantly more energy and power with less weight and volume than any other lithium-ion battery technology."
• The company's headquarters are located at 1180 Page Avenue , Fremont, CA 94538 USA.

 Sila Nanotechnologies 

• Sila Nanotechnologies employs chemistry to create battery materials that enable battery manufacturers to develop batteries that are safer, lighter, and deliver a higher energy density.
• The company provides anode products with silicon as the dominant material as opposed to graphite. These products can be used in applications ranging from electric vehicles to consumer electronics as well as other applications.
• The company's value proposition is the delivery of battery materials that help lower the cost of batteries for each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy generated.
• The company is located at 2450 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda, CA 94501 USA.

 Prieto Battery 

• Prieto Battery is working to develop "a battery that will deliver transformational performance in power density, improved energy density, last longer and will be made using non-toxic chemistry."
• The company will also be offering its 3D anode as a standalone product that can replace traditional graphite anodes.
• The company provides products for applications including wearables, tablets, power tools, military applications, industrial solutions, and electric vehicles.
• The company's offerings include batteries, 3D full cell, and 3D anode replacement.
• The core value proposition of the company is longer-lasting batteries across a wide variety of applications.
• The company is located at 4227 Lookout Lane Fort Collins, CO 80526 United States.

 Elithion 

• Elithion provides electronic solutions, specifically battery management systems, for the lithium-ion battery industry.
• The company offers battery management systems for large lithium-ion batteries. The company offers products for a number of different types of electric vehicles.
• The company's value proposition is the delivery of solutions for a large variety of applications such as "from lawn-mowers to airplanes, from robots to sea-port tugs, from solar systems to cell-phone towers in India."
• The company is located at 16 Mountain View Ave / Ste 101, Longmont CO, 80501 USA.

Research Strategy

Solid Energy Systems

• Solid Energy Systems generates annual revenue of $5.5 million.
• The company offers lithium-ion cells for drones and space, consumer electronics, and electronic vehicles.
• YK Son is the Director of Engineering at the company. His email address is ykson@solidenergysystems.com.
• Kwangchun Kim is the Principal Engineer at the company. His email address is kwangchun@solidenergysystems.com.
• Yuri Matulevich is the Senior Cell Development Engineer at the company. His email address is yury@solidenergysystems.com.
• Other persons in engineering include Wentao Wang (Battery Product Development Engineer, Program Manager), Daniel Rourke (Associate Engineer), Robert Graves (Principal Coatings Engineer), and Young Gyu Nam (Mechanical Engineer). The company's contact email is customers@solidenergysystems.com.
• Qichao Hu, founder and CEO of SolidEnergy Systems, was recently featured in MIT Technology Review when he claimed that his company is on the cusp of developing a revolutionary battery.
• During May 2019, the company was featured in Forbes in the article that discusses the 'race' for the better battery.
• The company's Hermes cells are sold to drone manufacturers. The other products are either recently launched or still in the pipeline, which will be offered to consumer electronics and electronic vehicle manufacturers. No specific customers were found for the company.

American Elements

• The company generates annual revenue of $29.8 million.
• American Elements manufactures a wide variety of advanced cathode, anode, and electrolyte materials. Some of its products include electrodes and current collection materials, anode materials, cathode materials, and electrolyte materials. Additionally, the company supplies materials to be used in fabricating "components at all stages of battery design".
• Levine Ching is a Product Engineer at the company. Her email address is levine.ching@smithsontennant.com.
•  Other persons at American Elements include Ju-Yao Yang (Strategic Sourcing Specialist) and Kristi Walker (Product Engineer). The company's contact email is customerservice@americanelements.com.
• The company announced the expansion of the production of battery-grade lithium in February 2018.
• Some major customers of the company include General Motors, Toyota, Tesla, and Rolls Royce, among others.

Amprius

• The company generated revenues of approximately $50 million in 2018, as informed by the company's chief executive.
• Amprius manufactures lithium-ion batteries and also manufactures battery components. Besides the production of batteries, the company is also involved in research and development in battery technology and manufacturing processes.
•  People working at Amprius include Guanghui He (Cell Manufacturing Engineer), Anh V. Le (Battery Engineer), Yi-Lei Chow (Engineering Operations Manager), and Sandeep Sebastian (Battery Engineer). The company's contact email is info@amprius.com.
• Amprius demonstrated a new tool in the manufacturing of high-energy batteries that allows them to produce batteries in high volumes. The company will use the technology to produce batteries for "unmanned vehicles, wearable technologies, and electric vehicles."
•  Nokia has been one of the customers of Amprius. Although the specific names are not publicly available, other customers are manufacturers of advanced wearables, drones, electric vehicles, robotics, and original equipment manufacturers.

Research Strategy

Sila Nanotechnology

Market and Revenue

• Sila Nanotechnology is valued at over $1 billion. 
• Sila has gathered $45 million in funding and has an annual revenue of $5 million.

Key Products

• Sila nanotechnology produces silicon-dominant anode products that replace graphite, delivering a higher energy density and low swelling levels.
• Using silicone instead of graphite translates to an improvement in the energy density of the batteries by 20% to  40 %. 

Contacts

• The Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Sila Nanotechnologies is Alex Jacobs. His email address is alex@silanano.com.
• Linda Strunk Miller is the VP of Supply Chain at Sila Nanotechnology. We can contact her through the company's email, info@silanano.com, or the phone number +1.408.475.7452.

Major clients

• Sila has partnered with BMW to provide batteries for its cars in 2020.
•  Samsung will also use Sila Nano's silicon-based lithium-ion batteries to power some of its devices like smartwatches.
•  Amperex Technology Limited is also a major client of Sila Nanotechnologies.

Prieto Battery

Market and Revenue

• Prieto Battery has a funding of $2.6M as of 2019.

Key Products

• Prieto produces a sample-ready negative electrode (anode), with the prospect of developing a 3D full cell. 

Contacts in Engineering

• The company can be reached at inquiries@PrietoBattery.com.
•  Katie M. Hoffner is the Senior VP of Strategy. Her email address is Katie.Hoffner@PrietoBattery.com

Recent Press

•  Green Car Congress publication featured Prieto Battery on the commercialization of safer 3D Li-ion anodes.  
• There appears to be no press release on Prieto Battery about electric vehicles.

Major Clients

• Prieto Battery has partnered with Intel to produce new rechargeable batteries.
•  Stanley Black & Decker, a power tool developer, is also a major client looking to develop cordless power tools.

Elithion

Market and Revenue

• Elithion has a revenue of $48.6 million.

Key Products

•  Lithiumate for commercial-grade, general-purpose BMS.
•  Vinci EV for electric vehicle traction packs.
•  Vinci HV for high voltage, grid batteries, and arrays.
•  Vinci LV for 24~48 V stationary batteries and arrays.

Contacts in Engineering

• Elithion can be contacted through Skype by using the elithion.support handle.
• Their phone number is 1-720-466-7006.

Recent Press

• Elithion was featured, together with Coda Automotive, in a publication about the Li-Ion BMS.
• David Andrea, the founder of Elithion, was featured in a workshop for the Society of Automotive Engineers on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in Detroit. 

Major Clients

•  Electric Motorsport is one of the companies' clients that provides systems and components for electric vehicles 
•  EV-propulsion, a company that creates quality electric car conversions, is also Elithion's client.
•  Clean Carb is another of its major clients. They mainly offer EV parts for car conversions.

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