alevo

Alevo, a hitherto virtually unknown Swiss firm, cut the ribbon on a 4m sq ft lithium-ion battery cell/module manufacturing plant in Concord, North Carolina on 28 October.

Hyped in mainstream media as a “revolutionary” lithium-ion battery, Alevo’s cells are based on standard lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), albeit with an inorganic gel electrolyte containing sulphur dioxide and a conductive fluorosulphinate salt that is thermally stable, non-volatile and flame resistant.