{"663828":{"#nid":"663828","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Energy Dept Invests $100M in Gleb Yushin\u2019s EV Battery Startup","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the decade since \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/people\/gleb-yushin\u0022\u003EProfessor Gleb Yushin\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E battery materials startup \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/atdc-news\/georgia-tech-entrepreneur-pursuing-greener-energy\/\u0022\u003Eparticipated in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E, investments in the company have rolled in \u0026mdash; along with the first customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/mesc\/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-battery-materials-processing-and-battery-manufacturing-recycling\u0022\u003EU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is getting on board\u003C\/a\u003E with Yushin\u0026rsquo;s Georgia Tech startup as part of federal efforts to reinvigorate tech manufacturing in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.silanano.com\/press\/press-releases\/u-s-department-of-energy-awards-sila-100-million-to-scale-manufacturing-of-its-next-generation-anode-materials\u0022\u003EDOE awarded Sila Nanotechnologies $100 million\u003C\/a\u003E this fall to support the company\u0026rsquo;s new factory in Moses Lake, Washington, and help Sila hire and train up to 300 workers for the facility. It was one of 21 projects funded in domestic battery materials processing and manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s our mission to help move America away from being energy dependent and become a leader in the energy transformation,\u0026rdquo; said Yushin, the company\u0026rsquo;s chief technology officer and a faculty member in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;With this funding, Sila will deliver proven, clean energy technology and world-scale manufacturing to revitalize the industry and gain independence.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBirthed from \u003Ca href=\u0022\/news\/2021\/03\/battery-powers-future\u0022\u003EYushin\u0026rsquo;s research on lithium-ion batteries\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/silanano.com\/\u0022\u003ESila\u003C\/a\u003E manufactures next-generation materials and a silicon anode technology that boosts battery energy density by 20%. The silicon anodes are a drop-in replacement for graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries. The new facility is projected to produce enough capacity to power 200,000 electric vehicles by 2026. Sila has inked a deal with Mercedes-Benz to use the company\u0026rsquo;s technology, starting with G-Class vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/energy-dept-invests-100m-gleb-yushins-ev-battery-startup\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe company is ramping up production on anode technology Yushin developed at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The company is ramping up production on anode technology Yushin developed at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2022-12-13 15:36:05","changed_gmt":"2023-01-06 21:25:49","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663827":{"id":"663827","type":"image","title":"Gleb Yushin 2022 vertical","body":null,"created":"1670945389","gmt_created":"2022-12-13 15:29:49","changed":"1670945400","gmt_changed":"2022-12-13 15:30:00","alt":"Gleb Yushin leaning on a wall. 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