CEO Exro Technologies Mesa, Arizona, United States
Battery cells in electric vehicles (EV) usually reach end of life within five to ten years, depending on battery conditions. Mining for battery materials poses considerable environmental risk and, in order for North America to confront evolving challenges around electrification, industry must prioritize innovations that enhance battery life cycles, maximize renewable energy use and reduce society’s dependence on raw materials.
Attendees will learn how a unique innovation that enables a greater depth of control over battery cells can extend EV battery first-life and allow for durable and reliable second-life energy storage for an extra 5-10 years. Battery energy storage optimized at the cellular level can provide the precision needed to support greater integrations of renewables on the grid and lessen the likelihood of power safety shut offs or outages related to climate change. It can also be deployed 80 percent faster than costly grid upgrades, which is critical given rising utility-scale solar projects and offshore wind procurements, and aggressive net-zero targets.
