The production line put into operation this time has a design capacity of 100 MWh, and has achieved a major breakthrough in the energy density of the new generation of lithium metal batteries of 500Wh/kg. Currently, the batteries have been used in aviation drones and other fields. As the technology matures, it is expected to Play a greater role in fields such as electric aviation and new energy vehicles.

Rapid breakthroughs in research and development and batch applications in the market have created China's leading position in the world's lithium batteries, and robotic equipment is an important supporting force behind it. In the future, STEP will continue to work with partners to promote the innovation and development of the lithium battery industry by taking the opportunity of the incremental robot market brought about by new products, new technologies and new scenarios.

Lithium metal batteries use pure metal lithium as the negative electrode, which has ultra-high theoretical specific capacity and extremely low potential. It is expected to more than double the cruising range of electric vehicles. It is an important development direction for innovative and breakthrough technologies in the current battery industry. The full launch of the lithium metal battery automated manufacturing line in Hefei shows that my country's batch delivery capacity of 500Wh/kg high-end energy power battery products has taken the lead in the world, and realized the lithium metal battery from the laboratory stage (TRL3) to the product Breakthrough in batch delivery stage (TRL6-8).