TECH & AI
“ I expect to see silicon batteries emerge as a central component of the infrastructure within the next year”
Rick Luebbe CEO and Co-Founder Group14
As a result, recent data from more than 20 Group14 customers shows SCC55-based cells regularly exceed 1,500-3,000 charge cycles.
For automakers, that means you no longer have to trade energy density or fast charging for durability. You can have all three.
Q. CAN SILICON BATTERY PRODUCTION BE SCALED TO COMPETE WITH TRADITIONAL BATTERIES? Yes, and that scale-up is well on its way. The key is designing both the material and the manufacturing process to scale from the outset.
We’ re already producing SCC55 at EV-scale volumes out of our BAM-3 factory in South Korea, which supplies material to over 100 EV and consumer electronics battery manufacturing customers worldwide.
Group14 Technologies’ BAM-2 factory in Moses Lake, Washington, US
Performance plus manufacturability is what really enables adoption on a global scale.
Q. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION?
» Electrification only moves as fast as energy storage allows, and demand is accelerating exponentially.
Every major growth sector – from EVs, to consumer electronics, to AI infrastructure – depends on better batteries.
138 June 2026