PowerCo & Quantumscape entered a licensing agreement in 2024 for the use of Quantumscape's IP in cell production at PowerCo facilities.
In 2025, will PowerCo confirm the start of production for test or commercial unified cells incorporating QuantumScape technology?
Basically, will a QS ceramic separator be in a "blue box" unified cell this year?
They need produce at least one - doesn't even need to be destined for a vehicle (ie test batch). And they have to tell us about it before the end of 2025.
Update 2025-10-20 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The 980 cells in a module configuration mentioned in the PowerCo unified cell presentation is specific to Ducati's battery pack and does not qualify as a "blue box" unified cell for resolution purposes.
Update 2025-10-20 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): For resolution, VW or PowerCo must present that they have incorporated QuantumScape technology into the "unified cell" (also referred to as "blue box" in the description). The creator has provided a visual reference image showing what this unified cell configuration should look like.
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1.00@mods creator is inactive. This did indeed happen.
https://battery-news.de/en/2025/09/10/powerco-presents-unified-cell/
@MRME I'm still here.
And this hasn't happened yet. The 980 cells in a module is specific to Ducati's battery pack, and isn't in the "blue box" unified cell...yet
@beerion Ok fair enough. My bad it looked like you had been gone for over a month.
EDIT: Would you mind clarifying what exactly needs to be produced then?
@MRME No worries. The answer will be closed by year end.
And just for clarity, VW or PowerCo need to present that they have incorporated QS technology into the "unified cell" (I've referred to it as "blue box" in the description). It'll look like this: