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Mercedes-Benz Expands Solid-State Battery Testing as China Targets 2030 Scale

Two concrete signals of movement toward broader solid-state battery commercialization.

ProLogium:

Mercedes-Benz AG and ProLogium Holding Inc. have signed a joint testing agreement, giving Mercedes-Benz priority access to test ProLogium’s latest Gen4 battery cells and further building on the companies’ nearly ten-year partnership in advancing next-generation battery technologies for mobility.

China’s State Council, summarizing the country’s new five-year battery-industry plan:

The plan envisions the initial large-scale application of all-solid-state batteries and a cycle life of 15,000 cycles for long-life lithium batteries by 2030.

Two concrete signs of movement toward broader industrialization.