Germany – Gearing up for increased future demand of its ultra-high energy batteries, Akasol AG of Darmstadt, Germany in the last three months has announced several major investments to automate battery production at its two factories in Europe and in the USA.

Its latest commission is with Woll Maschinenbau GmbH of Saarbrücken, Germany to develop and supply a highly automated production line for the manufacture of its new ultra-high-energy battery systems at its Gigafactory 1 site in Darmstadt. The new equipment will be used to manufacture Akasol’s new third generation AKASystem AKM CYC ultra-high-energy battery systems starting in mid-2021. Compared with the first generation battery, the new system has double the amount of energy with the same amount of space and weight, so enabling a range requirement of up to 800 kilometres in heavy-duty all-electric buses and trucks. The contract also includes an option for further expansion of the Darmstadt production site and for additional production lines at Akasol's Gigafactory 2 in Hazel Park, Michigan, USA.