Ionblox Highlighted in Article: Silicon Could Make Car Batteries Better—for a price
March 1 , 2024
Ionblox, among others, aim to reduce high-capacity anode material costs with Silicon Oxide, challenging Graphite's dominance
Gelion and Ionblox Announce JDA Towards Global Electrification
November 21, 2023
Joint Development Agreement to Develop Lithium-Silicon-Sulfur Battery
Ionblox Debuts Lithium-Silicon Batteries Breaking Barriers of Extreme Fast Charging and Extended Range
October 4, 2023
The battery industry has long grappled with the critical challenge of balancing high-energy storage and fast charging within a single, durable battery
Ionblox Earns UN 38.3 Certification for its High-Performance Cells with Silicon-Dominant Anodes
August 16, 2023
Certification enables safe and reliable distribution of Ionblox batteries
Ionblox Silicon Oxide Anodes set new standard for batteries
June 1, 2023
Automotive Industries in-depth interview with Sujeet Kumar
Ionblox Appoints Dr. Shirley Meng to Advisory Board
March 23, 2023
Ionblox has appointed Dr. Shirley Meng of the University of Chicago to their advisory board. Dr. Meng is a Professor of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago as well as the Chief Scientist for Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), and holds a Ph.D. in Advanced Materials for Micro and Nano Systems
Ionblox increases Series B to $32m with investment from Lilium, Applied Ventures, Temasek and Catalus Capital
February 8, 2023
Ionblox announced a second close of its Series B round at an increased $32 million. Strategic partners include original investors Lilium and Applied Ventures who were joined by Temasek and Catalus Capital. The company will use the increased Series B funding to scale its technology, develop advanced high-power cells for electric aviation, and prototype fast-charge cells for Electric Vehicles.
Ionblox Raises $24 Million Series B Investment to Support the Commercialization of Unique High Energy Plus High Power Battery Cells
October 26, 2022
Ionblox (previously known as Zenlabs Energy), a high-performance lithium-ion cell company, announced that it has closed a $24 million Series B investment round with Lilium, developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet; Applied Ventures, LLC; Catalus Capital, a multi-strategy private equity firm; and a global investment company.
Zenlabs Appoints Scale-up Veteran Alexander Lee as COO
August 22, 2022
Zenlabs has appointed Alexander Lee as Chief Operating Officer. Alex will assume responsibility for leading the company’s commercialization efforts and global business development initiatives.
USABC Awards $3.5 Million Low-Cost/Fast-Charge Battery Technology Development Contract to Zenlabs Energy Inc.
June 22, 2022
The program will focus on electrolyte and active material development to form a stable passivation layer on the surface of both the anode and cathode, and address the remaining challenges associated with high-energy, high-power and low-cost silicon-dominant anode cells for EV applications. This is Zenlabs’ third contract with USABC.
A look at Zenlabs’ eVTOL battery technology that caught Lilium’s attention
June 10, 2022
Lithium-ion batteries are one the cornerstone technologies that are required for the successful introduction of advanced air mobility (AAM). Zenlabs Energy Inc. is one of the companies that is working to provide these batteries for eVTOL aircraft and already counts Lilium as one of its partners.
Lilium to use Zenlabs’ battery cell technology to power eVTOL aircraft
May 31, 2022
German startup Lilium said it will be using Zenlabs’ battery cell technology, which it believes will be able to power its Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft.
Third-party lab validates high specific energy and high-power of Zenlabs’ new large-format electric aviation battery cells
April 12, 2022
Zenlabs Energy, an advanced lithium-ion battery company, announced today that Energy Assurance, an independent third-party test laboratory, has validated the high specific energy and high-power of Zenlabs’ new large-format pouch cells for the electric aviation market. Download the full report here.
Idaho National Laboratory validates 1000 charge-discharge cycles from Zenlabs' Silicon anode-based Lithium-ion cells
February 11, 2021
Zenlabs Energy, an advanced lithium-ion cell company, announced that Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has successfully tested over 1,000 charge-discharge cycles from their high-energy Silicon anode pouch cells.
Zenlabs Receives $4.8 Million Low-Cost, Fast-Charge Battery Technology Development Contract From USABC
April 16, 2019
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, today announced the award of a $4.8 million technology development contract to Zenlabs Energy Inc. in Fremont, California for development of low-cost, fast-charge (LC/FC) battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs).