Gemini 001 is a modified old Model S by ONE – “Our Next Energy, Inc”, a battery technology company. In late December 2021, this Model S, which only needed to be charged once, drove more than 1,400 kilometers at an average speed of 88 km/h in a road test in Michigan, USA. What made Gemini 001 stand out from the thousands of Model S of the same model was a battery pack with a total capacity of 203.7 kWh and a volume energy density of 416 Wh/L.
For reference, the new Model S of 2021 can achieve a maximum range of 652 kilometers under EPA testing standards, and its equipped battery pack has a maximum total capacity of 100 kWh and a volume energy density of 245 Wh/L.
What is ONE, which has received BMW’s favor investment? ONE was established in 2020 and is committed to transforming the battery technology used on Gemini 001 into a mature solution that can simultaneously improve capacity and safety and reduce the price of battery packs, solving the problem of the sharp decline in range and high end-of-life recovery costs of pure electric vehicles in cold climates.
ONE plans to produce its first product, Aries TM, by the end of 2022, and launch the prototyping product of the Gemini 001 battery pack, Gemini TM, in 2023. It plans to produce and deliver the Gemini TM battery pack in bulk in 2026.
The basic parameters of the battery pack Aries TM, which will be launched next year, are as follows:
- Capacity: 79 kWh
- Battery type: lithium iron phosphate
- Volume energy density: 287 Wh/L
- Mass energy density: 144 Wh/kg
- Cycle life: 3,000 times
- Battery pack weight: 550 kg
On March 1, 2022, ONE had raised 65 million US dollars for further battery technology research and planned to evaluate the address of its first battery factory in the United States in the next quarter of this year. After the factory is completed, it will supply to four unnamed customers.
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