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ION Storage Systems Launches “Cornerstone,” Becoming the First Solid State Battery Company to Ship Samples to Consumer Electronics Manufacturers
ION Storage Systems, Inc. (ION), a Maryland-based leader in next-generation solid-state battery technology, announces...
WSJ: A Battery That Lasts 50% Longer Is Finally in Production
Wall Street Journal writes: "Solid-state batteries have long been elusive, but a firm that supplied cells to the...
Solid state batteries about to change everything
Journalist Markham Hislop interviews Greg Hitz, founder of ION Storage Systems, which has developed a unique solid state battery.
ION Storage Systems Achieves Major Performance Milestone with 25x Capacity Increase and 1,000 Cycles in Solid-State Battery Performance
ION’s battery cell surpasses 1,000 cycles while delivering dramatic capacity improvement, validating technology for the consumer electronics sector.
ION Storage Systems Supercharges Leadership Team to Accelerate Commercialization of Its Solid-State Battery
ION announces a multi-faceted executive team of all-star technology veterans poised to scale the company’s leading solid-state battery technology.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore Visits ION Storage Systems in Beltsville, MD, Celebrates ION’s Recent Successes and Announces Further Investments for Maryland’s Advanced Manufacturing
ION Storage Systems is a Maryland original. Their success underscores our state’s growing leadership in science, technology, and advanced manufacturing.
EV battery fires are on the rise. They’re also totally preventable
EV battery fires are on the rise. They’re also totally preventable. There are ways to make e-bike and e-scooter batteries safer, from technological innovations to common sense storage techniques.
ION Storage System’s Anodeless and Compressionless Solid State Battery Achieves Consumer Electronics Battery Cycle Life Requirement
Key milestone opens ION’s revolutionary solid-state battery to consumer electronics and medical devices.
These Futuristic New Batteries Could Help Prevent Lithium Ion Fires
Last month, a lithium-ion battery in an e-bike started a two-alarm fire that injured four people–one critically–in Brooklyn. That incident is just the latest in a concerning trend of fires and fire-related injuries attributed to lithium-ion batteries in New York City and nationwide.
ION Collaborates With World-Class Partners on $40 Million Commercialization Initiative Supported by ARPA-E SCALEUP Program
Saint-Gobain and KLA to Partner with Ion Storage Systems to Dramatically Accelerate Path to Commercialization for ION’s Solid-State Batteries
ION Storage Systems Commissions One of the Country’s Largest Solid-State Battery Manufacturing Facilities
The world is increasingly reliant on batteries for our cars, personal and medical devices, for a more resilient power grid and for national defense. Traditional Li-ION batteries simply haven’t been up to the task.
ION Storage Systems Named Finalist for U.S. Army’s xTechSearch Competition
xTechSearch Program allows businesses to compete for cash prizes and potential follow-on contracts to accelerate and transition their transformative technology solutions into the Army.
First Anodeless and Compressionless Battery to Achieve and Exceed 125 Cycle
ION’s U.S.-designed and manufactured SSB battery cells are the first to achieve this milestone with an anodeless design and no compression.
Exclusive: Ion Storage Systems raising $15M for ceramic battery
Ion Storage Systems is raising a $15 million intermediate round to expand production of its sponge-like ceramic batteries.
Saint-Gobain Invests in ION Storage Systems
We believe that electrification is one of the critical grand challenges in the global transformation needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
ION Storage Systems Secures Supply Agreement with World’s Leading Ceramics Supplier, Saint-Gobain Ceramics
ION will start to use Saint-Gobain Ceramics powder from their qualified pilot level and transition to the one of their high-volume lines of ceramic powder with plans to increase the scale of usage in subsequent years.
Officials with ION Storage Systems Celebrate ARPA-E Grant
Officials with ION Storage Systems, University of Maryland (UMD), Department of Energy (DOE) ARPA-E and Rep. Glenn Ivey Celebrate ARPA-E Grant.
How to Work Battery Workforce Development
New battery plants mean a range of new jobs—needing skilled workers. In response, battery maker ION Storage Systems is putting a solid strategy to work.