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Woburn, MA-based SolidEnergy Systems Promoted Yongkyu Son as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Every once in a while, a new battery technology comes along showing promise in one area, but is objectively worse in almost everything else compared to Li-ion. Maybe it`s low energy density, or short cycle life, or poor power density, or expensive, or just never built a real cell. SES, formerly known as SolidEnergy, used to pursue solid state Li-Metal technology. But pivoted away from it, due to the low energy density, high temperature requirement, and fundamentally expensive and difficult-to-scale manufacturing process. Instead, SES developed a more practical and complete Li-Metal system including safe and high efficiency electrolyte, anode protective coating, cell engineering and manufacturing capabilities, and AI-powered algorithm for health monitoring and fast charging. The new Li-Metal system is capable of >400 Wh/kg and >1000 Wh/L, delivering significantly longer driving range to EVs. It can also be manufactured at scale using existing Li-ion infrastructure, significantly reducing cost. Today SES is the world`s leading developer and manufacturer of Li-Metal systems including materials, cells, modules, algorithm and recycling. It is headquartered in Singapore with operations in Boston, Shanghai and Seoul.
About the Person
Yongkyu Son is Chief Information Officer at SolidEnergy Systems. Previously, Yongkyu held various senior IT leadership roles in the industry.
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