By that time, QuantumScape hopes to have solid-state batteries leaving its first gigafactory-a Silicon Valley term originally used by Tesla to describe a large-footprint, machine-building plant.
By the end of 2023, it plans to build a pre-production line and deliver ASSBs to Volkswagen for integration in a test car scheduled for 2024 or 2025. QuantumScape boasts that it could deliver early prototype battery cells (what they call “A-samples”) to Volkswagen, its largest shareholder, as soon as this year. “Traditional lithium-ion cells, or any other solid-state effort to date, couldn’t even come close to that,” Hussain says. The ASSBs have fast-charged their cells (going from 10 to 80 percent in 15 minutes) 400 times consecutively, and some have gone through a total discharge and charge cycle almost 1,000 times. The all-solid-state battery at QuantumScape has reportedly weathered what chief marketing officer Asim Hussain calls, by the company’s own measure, “gold standard” testing. The competition begets, maybe even necessitates, bold claims, and QuantumScape isn’t short on those. Companies like QuantumScape are racing to reach the market ahead of other battery-focused outfits like Solid Power in Colorado and ProLogium Technology in Taiwan, as well as giant auto makers like Nissan.
All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) promise prolonged life, faster charge times, and safer chemistry compared to Li-on options, but producing them on the scale needed to power millions of vehicles won’t be easy, despite the billions of dollars already invested in the tech. That capability would grant solid-state EVs a huge advantage over their competitors, which rely on the ubiquitous-but weaker-lithium-ion (Li-on) batteries. QuantumScape claims that you will be able to buy an Audi or Volkswagen with its batteries as soon as 2024, a vehicle that can go nearly 400 miles on a single charge, then recharge in 15 minutes.
The scale of the campus itself and the company’s investment-each building is under a confirmed 10-year lease as of November 2021-signals QuantumScape’s assurance that it will be the first company to market with a solid-state battery for electric vehicles. The battery-technology company’s “QS Campus,” which includes QS-0, QuantumScape’s pre-pilot production line, and three adjacent buildings, is largely dedicated to manufacturing space. QuantumScape’s San Jose campus in the heart of Silicon Valley is abuzz with confidence.
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