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Sakuu®, a leading provider of commercial-scale equipment and technologies to the battery manufacturing industry, is now offering early access to Kavian®, the world’s first manufacturing solution to print battery electrodes. Early adopters are able to leverage the platform’s equipment, printable materials, electro-chemistry formulations, and process technology to develop the next generation of batteries in a completely dry process.

Munro Live team tours Sakuu’s facilities, unveiling innovations in battery manufacturing technologies and 3D printing.

Sandy Munro is an automotive industry veteran known for his teardown benchmarkings, and reverse engineering. Sandy and Arwed Niestroj – SVP of E-mobility and product at Sakuu – talk 3D printing, lithium-metal battery chemistry, and commercial scaling. 

Arwed Niestroj, SVP of Product at Sakuu, presented at BEVA (Battery Electric Vehicle) conference in Detroit, Michigan, June 20-21, 2023. Arwed's presentation focused on Sakuu’s innovations for achieving next-level battery pack density and integrating custom, 3D printed high-energy batteries in EV architecture. 

Sakuu announces its safer, high energy, high power density Li-Metal Cypress™ cell chemistry for manufacturing licensing. Lithium-metal battery chemistries produce increased energy density and additional performance benefits, but typically present development challenges due to high reactivity. However Cypress has solved these issues through novel electrochemistry, making lithium-metal chemistry ready for scalable production.

Sakuu is collaborating with Livent Corporation (“Livent”; NYSE: LTHM) under an existing joint development agreement (“JDA”) for the use of Livent’s proprietary LIOVIX® printable lithium formulation in Sakuu’s battery 3D printing process. The LIOVIX® platform includes applications for pre-lithiation and lithium metal anode manufacturing.

Published in Fast Company, Adele Peters' feature: 'This startup can 3D print a battery into any shape you want: Its solid-state batteries may be the holy grail of the industry.'

Sakuu is the first company of record to 3D print fully functional batteries in custom shapes and sizes with patterned openings for thermal management in a fully dry process

Published in Forbes, Carolyn Schwaar's feature: 'Additive Manufacturing For Batteries Of The Future: Will 3D Printing Transform Battery Making?'

Arwed brings a deep, rich, and impressive history in automotive leadership and innovation to his current role accelerating Sakuu’s rapid advancement in the e-mobility and battery sectors with their pioneering 3D printed battery program and battery chemistries.

Published in MotorTrend, Frank Markus' feature on Sakuu: 'Can 3D Printing Finally Make Solid-State EV Batteries Practical?'

Porsche Consulting to design Sakuu’s first-of-its-kind additive manufacturing gigafactory for commercial production of 3D printed lithium-metal and solid-state batteries.

Published in The Verge, Lizzie Philip's feature video on Sakuu: 'The future of solid-state batteries could be 3D-printed'

The long-term, multi-phase partnership will supply Sakuu with ceramic battery materials for its custom, high performance, and safe 3D printed solid-state batteries.

New Silicon Valley engineering hub will advance Sakuu’s domestic battery printing initiatives and serve as the gateway for at-scale battery printing gigafactories around the world.

Published in Additive Manufacturing, Julia Hider's feature article on Sakuu: 'Multimaterial 3D Printing Enables Solid State Batteries'

Sakuu announces that its first-generation non-printed lithium metal battery has achieved continuous 3C discharge rate under extensive testing. This 800Wh/l high energy density battery will go-to-market 4Q2022.

Today's achievement marks a significant milestone on Sakuu’s roadmap to fully 3D printable solid-state batteries capable of greater than 1200 Wh/L by 2023.

Sakuu announced a follow-on financing round bringing total funds raised to date to $62M. This funding bolsters the company’s ability to commercialize its first-generation solid-state batteries.

Sakuu announced the commencement of its pilot line and learning center. Sakuu’s pilot line will have the capability to produce up to 2.5 MWh per year of solid-state batteries and in the future will also serve as a customer learning center for its advanced additive manufacturing platform.

Sakuu has announced that it has developed a new safe 3Ah lithium-metal, 30 sub-cell, solid-state battery that could deliver even greater energy performance than current lithium-ion batteries by up to 25% in future.