QuantumScape details its FlexFrame solid-state battery cell [Video]

Solid-state battery developer QuantumScape is making strides towards achieving scaled cell production, pushing the boundaries for safer, faster charging, and longer EV modules. In a YouTube video, QuantumScape explains the design of its FlexFrame battery cell, demonstrating its ability to expand and contract similar to a beating heart.

While it may still be some time before QuantumScape’s solid-state battery technology is available for purchase in EVs, the company is well-positioned to not only achieve scaled production but also seamless integration with current assembly practices and, ideally, cost parity with current lithium-ion cells.

In 2022, QuantumScape introduced the public to its 24-layer A0 prototype cells before testing them with automotive partners. In Q1 2023, QuantumScape announced its first commercial product, the QSE-5, a 5 amp-hour solid-state lithium metal battery cell.

QuantumScape continues to achieve performance milestones, surpassing its own targets, and PowerCo, the battery arm of Volkswagen Group and a QuantumScape investor, confirmed the positive performance of QuantumScape’s A0 prototype cells through its own testing, further boosting confidence in the technology’s potential to improve current EV battery cells.

In another video, QuantumScape delves into the design of the A0 prototype battery cells and introduces FlexFrame, a battery solution that combines prismatic and pouch cell designs to handle the expansion and contraction of solid-state batteries during charging and discharging.

Additionally, the video explains how QuantumScape’s unique FlexFrame design works and the benefits it offers, while also addressing the nuances that need to be considered before these cells can be integrated into passenger vehicle modules.

There are abundant technical details to absorb from the video, and QuantumScape experts do an excellent job of explaining the technology in great detail, making it easily understandable and emphasizing the progress towards commercial production.