Eve Energy opens new Chinese R&D center for battery technology

Eve Energy, a battery technology company, has opened its CNY 2 billion ($290 million) research and development (R&D) center in Huizhou, Guangdong province, China.

The 145,000-square-meter facility will test and analyze cylindrical and prismatic cells, apart from battery management and energy storage systems.

Along with R&D labs as well as electrical performance and safety testing centers, the hub includes the company’s Power Battery Research Institute and the Battery System Research Institute.

Dr Liu Jincheng — Eve Energy Chairman said: “EVE’s headquarters R&D center in Huizhou is an electrochemical energy research base of global significance that will cater to market demand.

“The company has built five focused research institutes to date, along with institutes researching equipment materials and mobile energy technology.

“EVE is slated to complete a comprehensive R&D structure related to electrochemical energy systems by the end of 2023.

“EVE will make every effort to establish itself as the world’s most innovative lithium battery enterprise, making historic contributions to the sustainable development of humankind.”

Eve Energy opens new Chinese R&D center for battery technology. Photo courtesy of EVE Energy Co., Ltd.

The battery technology company said its new generation of large cylindrical cells with an energy density of 350Wh/kg is capable of ultra-fast charging in nine minutes.

Commenting on the opening of the R&D battery technology center, Li Bingsheng — Huizhou Vice Mayor, said: “The event is a milestone achievement for Huizhou municipal government, Zhongkai High-tech Zone and EVE for deepening strategic cooperation and building a CNY100 billion new energy battery industry cluster in the city.”

Founded in 2001, Eve Energy currently has a research center with 60 doctors and more than 3,100 interdisciplinary R&D engineers in materials, electrochemistry, structure design, and electronic circuit design.

Eve Energy has collaborated with Wuhan University, Israel StoreDot, and other institutions of higher learning and research on new materials and pre-research technologies.