“We simply want to be better than the existing battery technologies.” That's the goal of Ilika and its research into the commercialization of solid state batteries. In this interview, John Tinson, Vice President of Sales at Ilika gives an insight into the current state of development and the challenges involved in developing their Goliath cells.

As the first solid-state company ever, Factorial Energy has managed to pass all UN 38.3 certification tests with its large-format cells. This can be seen as a big step towards the commercialization of solid-state batteries. In this interview, Dr. Körver, Director of Innovation at Factorial Energy, talks about the other challenges that still need to be solved before the product is ready for series production and what the plans for series production look like.