Chemours opens EV battery lab at STAR Campus [Video]

NEWARK — Chemours unveiled its battery innovation center at the Discovery Hub at the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus, marking its latest investment in testing and scaling the manufacturing of lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles.

The company did not disclose the exact cost for the research and development lab, but that it was a “multi-million dollar” investment to research technology to make batteries more accessible and affordable for the future. Ten employees would start developing electrodes on the batteries — using Chemours’ existing research from Teflon —as well as assist companies efforts to scale up production.

“What this center represents is bringing the voices from our value chain, our customers, the board and our regulators as well as the nation, together to work to make a brighter future,” Chemours President of Advance Performance Materials Gerardo Familiar said. “The truth is, the process of making a battery [for an EV] costs a lot of money. But there …