Sila is looking it “Titan Silicon.” To Wired, Gene Berdichevsky mentioned: “Titan Silicon is a nanocomposite material. It’s like raisin bread, where the raisins are the silicon, and there’s the squishy matrix around the raisins with a big outer rind on the particle itself. The rind holds the space, and the bread moves aside when the raisins expand. The scaffold is not holding the silicon—it’s accommodating the expansion.” 

According to Panasonic, silicon-based batteries will permit upwards of 10 occasions the capability of older lithium- and graphite-based batteries. If that involves fruition anytime quickly (and that is an enormous “if”), it may possibly doubtlessly change how EVs are perceived, pushed, and charged. 

Currently, there are not any concrete plans as to the place or when this expertise will hit the mainstream, except for the upcoming Mercedes G-Class. However, in a press launch, Panasonic says it is focusing its efforts on North America for EV battery manufacturing.