Vingroup’s leader shares information about their battery strategy for Vinfast’s electric vehicles

Battery for electric vehicles (EVs) that can charge to 80% in five minutes, 100% solid-state battery without risk of fire with capacity three times higher than current lithium batteries. Technologies of the future are about to be featured on VinFast’s EV models. These were shared by Vingroup’s Vice Chairwoman Thuy Le as she talked about the car maker’s big plan for electrification.

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 24 August 2021 – Aiming to
get ahead and gain a competitive advantage in the global EV market, VinFast has
been proactively seeking for and partnering with top prestigious firms in
battery making – a key to the future of electric cars.

Vingroup’s
Vice Chairwoman Thuy Le revealed that VinFast is teaming up with a number of
leading companies in battery research and manufacture from the US, Israel, Taiwan,
etc. to ensure that VinFast’s EV models will be equipped with cutting-edge
batteries.

Specifically,
VinFast is collaborating with Israeli StoreDot, a company well-known for its
extreme fast charging technology that allow battery to charge to 80% of capacity
in only 4-5 minutes. This used to be seen as impossible but StoreDot’s
technology has been proven to work effectively on cellphones, drones and
e-scooters. Instead of graphite, StoreDot uses nanoparticles in their
batteries, which allows much faster charging speed compared with current
technology. Therefore, StoreDot is said to be a pioneer in the world’s new
energy sector.

This means
that VinFast may become one of the few electric car firms with the most
advanced battery technology that has never been acquired by any famous electric
car company in the world, not even Tesla.

Notably,
Vice Chairwoman Thuy Le also mentioned the strategic partnership between
VinFast and Taiwanese ProLogium (PLG) – a leader in research and production of
100% solid-state batteries. ProLogium has been a pioneer in commercialising
this technology since 2013 and became the world’s first company that possessed
a 100% solid-state battery experimentation facility for cars in 2017.

With
advantages of extremely rare possibilities for fire or explosion, wide range of
operating temperatures and three times higher energy density compared with
lithium-ion battery, the 100% solid-state battery is considered the technology
of the future, a catalyst for the EV revolution. Therefore, this collaboration
will give VinFast considerable advantages in the race for global EV market
share.

Another
remarkable name is Gotion High-Tech – a major company in battery development
and manufacture in China and across the world. It is well-known for LFP battery
technology. Gotion has just signed an MoU with VinFast. The LFP battery
can be produced at a low cost and is suitable for mid-range electric cars
and has potential to universalise green transportation in the world.

Vingroup
also disclosed that it is carrying out R&D activities on its own in
addition to seeking external resources. Research institutes with world’s
leading experts under Vingroup’s business ecosystem together with its new
subsidiary – VinES Energy Solutions JSC – play an essential role in this task.

These three pillars
will help VinFast achieve both self-sufficiency in EV battery supply as well as
the highest quality of batteries in use.

As regards
production, Vingroup’s Vice Chairwoman said VinFast has plans to establish
battery production facilities in Europe and the US, as well as their factory in
Vietnam. This will be an important part of VinFast’s journey to become a global
smart electric vehicle company and efforts to accelerate the trend of green
transportation in the world.

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