The US imports over $300 billion dollars of oil every year. Electrification of the US fleet would reduce our dependency on foreign oil and could help curb carbon dioxide emissions through increased renewable energy integration. However, current battery technology is too expensive and offers insufficient range to drive broad market acceptance of electric vehicles. ARPA-E has responded by challenging the US research and development communities to develop new battery chemistries that have energy capacities greater than 400Wh/kg and 600 Wh/L with costs less than $50/kWh. Xilectric, INC. is developing a new class of low-cost rechargeable chemistries that have the potential to exceed the stated ARPA-E metrics. Our battery systems are built from materials that are earth-abundant, environmentally friendly, and cheap. The cell architecture is also inexpensive to manufacture and its electrode structures are expected to demonstrate extremely long cycle life, a key differentiation. Xilectrics low-cost, high-energy density chemistry has the potential to redefine the state-of-art in low-cost energy storage. Xilectric has assembled an experienced management team with a mix of business, technical, and manufacturing expertise required to commercialize our technology. This document communicates to ARPA-E our vision, technical approach, and implementation plan and requests SBIR funding to help support the technology.
