Solid Power Inc.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Solid Power Inc. was founded by Doug Campbell, Conrad Stoldt, and Sehee Lee and spun out from the University of Colorado Boulder with funding from DARPA. |
| 2014 | Solid Power and its subcontracting partners received a $4.5 million grant from ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) to develop high-energy, low-cost solid-state rechargeable batteries for the aerospace industry. |
| 2015 | The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Solid Power Inc. of Louisville, Colo., have signed an exclusive agreement licensing lithium-sulfur materials for next-generation batteries. |
| 2017 | Solid Power announced a partnership with the BMW Group to jointly develop Solid Power’s all-solid-state batteries for EV applications, specifically high-performance EVs. |
| 2021 | Solid Power announced a $135 million Series B investment round led by the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, and Volta Energy Technologies. |
| 2021 | Solid Power partnered with SK Innovation to manufacture automotive-scale all-solid-state batteries under a memorandum of understanding and joint development agreement. |
