Sila ramping up battery materials production

US battery materials startup Sila has announced the purchase of a facility with more than 600,000 square feet of space located in Moses Lake, Washington, to be used to manufacture its lithium-ion anode materials at automotive volumes and quality. The facility is located on 160-acres of land close to rail lines for convenient and efficient shipping.

Sila is making an initial investment to deliver annual silicon-based anode production sufficient to power 10 GWh of cells when used as a full graphite replacement, or up to 50 GWh of cells when used as a partial replacement.

This is enough material to power batteries in up to 100,000-500,000 premium electric vehicles and 500 million mobile phones annually.

Production lines at the facility will start-up in the second half of 2024, with full start of production underway in the first half of 2025.