SK Innovation battery extends EV driving range to 500 km
Electric vehicle battery manufacturer SK Innovation will begin the first commercial production of medium and large pouch-type NCM 811 batteries in the world, enabling driving ranges of up to 500 km for EVs. The batteries, named after the metals (nickel, cobalt and manganese) used in the battery and their proportions, will be produced for energy storage systems from December 2017, with supply for EVs starting from Q3 2018. SK Innovation will build the batteries at its Seosan facilities, which have 3.9 GW/h of battery manufacture capacity.
SK Innovation will start the world’s first commercial production of mid- and large-sized pouch-type NCM 811 batteries that would allow a driving range of up to 500 kilometers for electric vehicles, the company said Thursday.



NCM 811’s letters and number stand for the chemicals and proportions of the chemicals that make up the battery. The chemicals are nickel, cobalt and manganese.



Starting in December this year, the new batteries will be supplied for the production of energy storage systems. For EVs, the company will begin supplying the batteries from the third quarter of 2018, it said.





A picture of a battery cell being produced (SK Innovation)