Sila was founded in 2011 first under the name of Sila Nanotechnologies. They received their first federal grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to produce the next-gen battery material in 2012. That same year, they also signed their first development partnership with automotive leader, BMW.

In 2017, after years of material testing and manufacturing process refinement, a pilot line production began at their Alameda facility and in 2019 they began a long-term partnership with Mercedes-Benz to help revolutionize the performance of electric vehicles.

In 2021, Sila closed $600 million in Series F funding to begin development of a new North American 150 GWh plant, and only the following year, they purchased a 600,000+ sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Washington. Mercedes-Benz announced that the EQG will be the first car powered with Sila material. And they later received a $100M grant from the U.S. DOE.

In 2023, their core product, Titan Silicon™ was launched and they started the build-out of their first auto-scale plant, and announced a deal with Panasonic Energy.

Silicon has long been an aspiration for anode material because of its ability to store 10X more charge than graphite. Sila was the first company to reduce swell and safely harness the powerful properties of silicon for commercial use in lithium-ion batteries with their nano-composite silicon.

Price per size and quantity of anodes.

• Manufacturing: Their materials are manufacturable economically at scale and are drop-in replacements to existing battery manufacturing processes.

• Energy density: Titan Silicon delivers a 20% energy density boost over the industry’s best performing cells and is expected to achieve a 40% increase in future releases.

• Drop-in solution: The Titan Silicon anode is 100% compatible with cylindrical, pouch, and prismatic cells to accommodate any OEM, any gigafactory, and any product design.

• Full or partial replacement: Sila offers the choice of full or partial graphite replacement based on your performance goals and product roadmaps.

• Syncs with your supply chain: Titan Silicon integrates into any cell assembly process and works with any partner materials you choose. No need to change your partners or operations.

• Lowers your C02 footprint: Titan Silicon generates 50-70% less CO2 per kWh than graphite during production.

• Patent protection: Their patent portfolio safeguards their nano-composite silicon and cell recipes used for deployment to protect partners’ investments for the long-term.

Through new battery materials chemistry, Sila Nano enables lighter, safer, higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for mass adoption of electric vehicles, smarter and longer-lasting portable electronics.

Consumer electronics

• Make them smaller, light, and more powerful. Titan Silicon delivers a 20% energy density boost to battery performance, while also decreasing the battery weight by up to 15%.

• Quick charge, Titan Silicon material enables fast charge and is compatible with other fast charge technologies. The increased energy also comes without compromising long cycle life.

• Titan Silicon is a 100% drop-in solution and works with any battery shape or size. No restrictions on cell design.

• Agnostic - no matter which cell maker you’re working with, Titan Silicon integrates easily into their process.

EVs

• Enable longer range - packing more miles into the same sized battery. Titan Silicon delivers a 20% increase in range, which could be up to 100 extra miles for some EVs – giving drivers more freedom and fewer stops to recharge.

• Faster charge - Titan Silicon can recharge a battery from 10% to 80% in just 20 minutes – even if your charge time is currently as long as 60 minutes. Future releases are expected to drop that charge time below 10 minutes.

• Agnostic - drops into any battery, any car. Titan Silicon is 100% compatible with any lithium-ion battery cell, pack, and car platform.

• Achieves up to a 15% reduction in battery weight for enhanced handling and free up 20% more space to add new car features or design