{"id":691527,"date":"2025-09-23T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sila-opens-u-s-factory-to-make-silicon-anodes-for-energy-dense-ev-batteries\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:15:20","slug":"sila-opens-u-s-factory-to-make-silicon-anodes-for-energy-dense-ev-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sila-opens-u-s-factory-to-make-silicon-anodes-for-energy-dense-ev-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Sila opens U.S. factory to make silicon anodes for energy dense EV batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sila, the battery materials startup, started operations Tuesday at its facility in Moses Lake, Washington. The factory, which will initially be capable of making enough battery materials for 20,000 to 50,000 EVs, is the first large-scale silicon anode factory in the West, and future expansion could fulfill demand for as many as 2.5 million vehicles.<\/p>\n

Silicon anodes promise to improve the energy density of lithium-ion batteries by as much as 50%. The technology<\/a>, which Sila has been working on for the past 14 years, could be the best chance for the U.S. to gain the upper hand in a global race for battery supremacy, Sila<\/a> co-founder and CEO Gene Berdichevsky argues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you invent something new, it\u2019s a lot easier to then produce it where you invent it,\u201d he told TechCrunch.<\/p>\n

Sila currently has agreements to supply anode material to Panasonic and Mercedes. Though automakers and their suppliers will be the factory\u2019s main focus, Berdichevsky said his company has also been selling to drone manufacturers, satellite companies, and consumer electronics companies.<\/p>\n

The startup isn\u2019t the only company working on silicon anode materials. Group14, which also has operations in Moses Lake, currently produces its proprietary mix at a factory it developed with SK Innovation in South Korea. Amprius, a company based in Fremont, is currently producing megawatt-hours worth of its material in the U.S. and gigawatt-hours worth with partners in China.<\/p>\n

But Sila\u2019s Moses Lake factory, which has been under construction for nearly two years, \u201cis really the first auto scale silicon anode plant in the U.S.,\u201d Berdichevsky said. The company raised $375 million last year to help finance the project.<\/p>\n

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Sila\u2019s new factory is capable of producing enough silicon anode material to power tens of thousands of EVs.<\/span>Image Credits:<\/strong>Sila<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Washington State, Sila found a near perfect confluence of factors that allowed it to build the facility, including cheap hydropower, abundant land, and a nearby supplier of an important raw ingredient.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cost structure of this technology is predicated on low cost energy \u2014 one of the big inputs \u2014 and then some key precursors, and we have that in Washington,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The first runs of material at the Moses Lake factory will be used to show customers the material is consistent with the stuff they\u2019ve been sampling for the past few years, which was made at an R&D line in Alameda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of confidence in that, but obviously the proof\u2019s in the pudding,\u201d Berdichevsky said.<\/p>\n

In a few years, he said batteries made using Sila\u2019s material should be cheaper than those made with graphite anode material sourced from Western suppliers. (Chinese companies make graphite anodes for less, but they also receive generous state subsidies and have fewer environmental regulations, Berdichevsky said.)<\/p>\n

Silicon anodes could also allow automakers to reduce the amount of other pricey materials used in their batteries, including nickel, while maintaining the same level of performance. \u201cNow you have that same performance, plus you get fast charge, plus you get domestic supply, and you get at a lower cost,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

If demand proves strong, Sila has plans to expand beyond Moses Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a CEO of a Western automaker that doesn\u2019t believe that within a decade, or maybe 15 years at the limit, they\u2019re going to be selling almost all electric vehicles.\u201d Berdichevsky said.\u201cIf you play it out 10 years from now, you probably have 10 million EVs in the U.S., so we\u2019re going to need multiple sites.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, the company will look to expand into Europe and Asia, too, but Berdichevsky, who was born in Ukraine, is adamant in his commitment to the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country, if you don\u2019t make stuff, where\u2019s your pride going to come from?\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s just so important for us as a country to continue to learn to do this and create the ecosystem so that we can never fall behind again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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