NEV Battery Maker WeLion Increases Capacity in Anticipation of Rising Demand

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China’s Beijing WeLion New Energy Technology develops and produces solid-state and liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries and all-solid-state batteries. In anticipation of future demand for semi-solid and solid-state batteries with high energy density, WeLion is increasing production capacity and strengthening its procurement system and product development.

In August 2020, WeLion completed the construction of a semi-solid-state battery production line with an annual production capacity of 0.2 GWh in Liyang city, Jiangsu province.

The plant produces semi-solid-state batteries with an energy density of 270 Wh/kg. The Liyang Plant supplies batteries to drones and electric vehicles among other products. In addition, a semi-solid drive battery production line in Beijing’s Fangshan district is scheduled to start operation at the end of 2022. The Fangshan Plant will supply batteries to Chinese BEV manufacturer NIO starting from the end of 2022. A third battery plant is currently under construction in Huzhou city, Zhejiang province. It is scheduled to start pilot production of semi-solid-state batteries around May 2022.

WeLion: CompanyOverviewandHistory (As of January 2022)

Overview

Company name:	Beijing WeLion New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Established:	August 2016
Headquarters:	Beijing, China
Capital:	58.04 million CNY
Legal rep.:	Yu Huigen
URL:	www.solidstatelion.com
Business scope:	Development and production of solid and liquid electrolyte lithium-ion batteries (semi-solid-state batteries), and all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries
Products:	Drive batteries for automobiles, consumer batteries, batteries for drones and energy storage batteries.
Employees:	500 people
Production bases:	Plant Planned Annual Production Capacity Start of Operation Liyang Plant 2 GWh (of which 0.2 GWh in operation) Aug. 2020 Fangshan Plant 8 GWh 2023 (plan) Huzhou Plant 2 GWh H1 2022 (plan)
Founders:	Name Position Chen Liquan Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering* Li Hong Chief Scientist of WeLion Yu Huigen President and General Manager of WeLion

Note: * China’s highest title in engineering science and technology.

History

・Aug. 2016: Welion was established. ・Jan. 2018: Welion’s subsidiary Jiangsu Welion New Energy Battery Co., Ltd. was established. ・Sep. 2018: Welion’s subsidiary Liyang Xiandao Solid State Battery Material Co., Ltd. ・Sep. 2019: Construction of the Liyang Plant began. ・Jul. 2020: Operation at the Liyang Plant began. ・Jan. 2021: Welion’s subsidiary Huzhou WeLion Technology Co., Ltd. was established. ・May 2021: The number of invention patent applications exceeded 200. (Created using WeLion’s PR materials and various media sources)