Dr. Wan Si Tang Ph.D. is an expert in advanced battery manufacturing. She is the Team Leader at the Battery Innovation Center, an experimental materials chemist, and an expert in Energy Storage and Conversion, with experience working with electrochemical cells, hydrogen storage, and crystallography.
The IAC organizes racing competitions with full-scale autonomous racecars that see university teams from around the world compete in a series of racing challenges, with the goal to advance technology and accelerate the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles.
“One of the most attractive things about the BIC is our vertical integration,” says CEO Ben Wrightsman. “We are one of the few facilities that offers the ability to take your material and put it into the very first battery, and handle it all the way through to the end of its life. We can build it, test it, help you get it into products and applications, certify it and help you to understand risks – and as the product ages, we can help with second use or recycling all the way back to the raw material.”
The state, which will be joined by Dave Roberts, CEO of the Applied Research Institute, and Ben Wrightsman, CEO of the Battery Innovation Center, will showcase Indiana’s leadership in energy storage, electrification, electric vehicles and the industry’s supply chain, targeting new business prospects and investment opportunities.
“There simply isn’t enough talent in the U.S. right now,” Tang said. “It’s our job to push the technology forward and teach the industry about current problems, processes, and standards. Education is key.”
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Batteries pose chemical and physical hazards. Batteries can fail for many
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The Indiana Electric Vehicle Products Commission’s first report on Indiana’s EV products landscape puts our Hoosier state at the front of the pack for engaging industry.
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The Automotive Industry initiated the beginning of a technical revolution in Indiana by cultivating research and pioneering products over the course of many decades. Although the local
automotive industry boom has grown immensely recently, Hoosier leaders have been developing the culture of innovation tediously with substantial attention to detail and rising trends.
We dive into the world of advanced battery technology and talk about the role competitive motorsports play in advancing battery technology.
In an interview Wrightsman commented that maritime
battery applications, indeed, have reached an off-the-shelf
status, but he still characterized the U.S. market as “pilot
scale”, at least compared to European and Asian markets.
Wrightsman said that the battery supply chain presents
challenges. Lithium costs have increased, and future demand
will add pricing pressures. Raw materials are available
today, but he expects supply risks by 2030. “If you
don’t change anything,” he noted, with particular reference
to the U.S. regulatory process, “we run risks of shortages.
We need domestic production.”
The Battery Innovation Center is proud to be a part of the Li-Bridge initiatives, please check out our submission video to learn more about how we are Leading the Charge!
