Volvo partners and invests in Breathe for future EVs
14 Mar 2024|117 views
Volvo Cars has announced that it will partner with and invest in Breathe Battery Technologies (Breathe) for its next generation of electric cars.
The partnership and investment with Breathe, a London based start-up which develops battery management software, makes Volvo the first car company to get access to the company's latest version of its patented, algorithm-enabled charging software. The technology will eventually make its way into Volvo Cars' upcoming electric vehicles (EVs).
The use of Breathe's software with Volvo's in-house battery management platform optimises and improves the performance of charging technology in the latter's cars. Volvo believes the optimisations and improvements will provide faster charging times, and an enhanced driving and charging experience to customers.
As to how this tech works, Breathe's software uses adaptive charging to dynamically control the battery in real time during charging stops, resulting in significantly shorter charging times. Specifically, Volvo says that the time taken for a 10 to 80% recharge on its new-generation electric cars will be reduced by as much as 30% in the future.
Even more impressively, despite the reduction in charging time, it is expected that the energy density of the batteries, as well as the maximum range that they can provide, will be maintained.
Beyond this, it is also said that the improvement in charging time lasts for the full life cycle of the battery, and will not impact the battery's health status over an extended period.
Volvo and Breathe have added that the technology is targeted at reducing the risk of lithium plating - defined by this site as the "deposition of metallic lithium on the anode graphite surface" - which can affect a battery's overall health, and limit its fast-charging capabilities.
Beyond the reduction in charging time, the investment into Breathe's technology presents Volvo with an opportunity to eliminate the need to excessively change its battery pack designs, or mine extra materials. This ultimately reduces impact on the environment.
The collaboration between Volvo and Breathe has emerged as a result of a sourcing agreement for Breathe's flagship product, the Breathe Charge. The collaboration is also the latest investment by the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Volvo's corporate venture capital arm, which strategically invests to help start-ups and accelerate the transformation of the global mobility industry.
Volvo expects its electric sales to increase significantly in the coming years. In tandem, it believes that scaling volume up for the implementation of the new technology will be easy, given the software's compatibility with the hardware in its new-generation fully electric cars.
Volvo Cars has announced that it will partner with and invest in Breathe Battery Technologies (Breathe) for its next generation of electric cars.
The partnership and investment with Breathe, a London based start-up which develops battery management software, makes Volvo the first car company to get access to the company's latest version of its patented, algorithm-enabled charging software. The technology will eventually make its way into Volvo Cars' upcoming electric vehicles (EVs).
The use of Breathe's software with Volvo's in-house battery management platform optimises and improves the performance of charging technology in the latter's cars. Volvo believes the optimisations and improvements will provide faster charging times, and an enhanced driving and charging experience to customers.
As to how this tech works, Breathe's software uses adaptive charging to dynamically control the battery in real time during charging stops, resulting in significantly shorter charging times. Specifically, Volvo says that the time taken for a 10 to 80% recharge on its new-generation electric cars will be reduced by as much as 30% in the future.
Even more impressively, despite the reduction in charging time, it is expected that the energy density of the batteries, as well as the maximum range that they can provide, will be maintained.
Beyond this, it is also said that the improvement in charging time lasts for the full life cycle of the battery, and will not impact the battery's health status over an extended period.
Volvo and Breathe have added that the technology is targeted at reducing the risk of lithium plating - defined by this site as the "deposition of metallic lithium on the anode graphite surface" - which can affect a battery's overall health, and limit its fast-charging capabilities.
Beyond the reduction in charging time, the investment into Breathe's technology presents Volvo with an opportunity to eliminate the need to excessively change its battery pack designs, or mine extra materials. This ultimately reduces impact on the environment.
The collaboration between Volvo and Breathe has emerged as a result of a sourcing agreement for Breathe's flagship product, the Breathe Charge. The collaboration is also the latest investment by the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Volvo's corporate venture capital arm, which strategically invests to help start-ups and accelerate the transformation of the global mobility industry.
Volvo expects its electric sales to increase significantly in the coming years. In tandem, it believes that scaling volume up for the implementation of the new technology will be easy, given the software's compatibility with the hardware in its new-generation fully electric cars.
Latest COE Prices
May 2024 | 1st BIDDING
NEXT TENDER: 23 May 2024
CAT A$93,604
CAT B$105,002
CAT C$70,001
CAT E$104,689
View Full Results Thank You For Your Subscription.