About:Energy partners with McMurtry Automotive to enhance battery technology of the McMurtry Spéirling and Spéirling PURE customer cars. Partnership provides McMurtry Automotive access to cutting-edge battery technology of About:Energy to increase the battery lifetime and performance.
About:Energy will conduct its world-leading battery testing and modelling of the ultra-high-power Molicel P50B lithium-ion battery cell to characterise the cell’s performance for McMurtry to further enhance their battery pack and increase the battery lifetime.
The announcement highlights About:Energy’s expanded offering of battery development software for high-performance applications in motorsports and hypercars
In order to improve the battery technology for their industry-breaking McMurtry Spéirling and Spéirling PURE customers, About:Energy has announced a cooperation with McMurtry Automotive.
Through the use of the newest, high-performance Molicel P50B battery, this strategic partnership between About:Energy and McMurtry combines unmatched knowledge in electric vehicle innovation, battery testing, and modeling to increase the battery lifetime and performance of their cars.
With its 5.0Ah 21700 form factor lithium-ion battery, the Molicel P50B surpasses prior milestones with its highest ever energy density of 260Wh/kg (714Wh/l) and greatest power-to-energy ratio.
In order to maximize effective fast charging and increased cycle life performance, McMurtry engineers will be able to incorporate About:Energy’s vital data into the design and simulations of their battery packs. About:Energy will precisely model the behavior of battery cells and characterize the performance of P50B cells.
Gavin White, CEO and Co-Founder of About:Energy said: “We’re working in parallel with McMurtry on the quickest and most in-depth battery knowledge transfer to date to accelerating the development process of McMurtry’s vehicles.
Our aim is to eliminate the need for costly and time-consuming in-house battery testing by arming companies and their engineering teams with direct access to world-leading advanced battery intelligence, so they can build better batteries, and accelerate timelines by reducing reliance on physical testing.”
McMurtry has a reputation for exceeding electric car performance standards. With a record time of 39.08 seconds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb in 2022, the Spéirling hypercar made history as one of the fastest pure electric vehicles in the world. Since then, it has shown a record-breaking 0-60 mph time of under 1.40 seconds.
Kevin Ukoko-Rongione, Chief Engineer, at McMurtry Automotive said: “Working with About:Energy feels like an extension to our in house team. Their engineers are proactive in supporting us to make the most of the battery data and insights obtained from their world class testing facilities. The benefit to us is a quicker time to market, and the benefit to our customers will be a battery pack which has both optimised performance and enhanced lifespan.”
About:Energy partners with McMurtry Automotive to provide improved data and virtual tools to McMurtry’s engineering staff. In order to help and acquaint engineers with the intricate testing procedure and data outputs required to optimize battery designs in order to push the boundaries of electric car performance, this comprises many workshops.
The release emphasizes the value of battery development software for high performance applications like racing and hypercars, as well as About:Energy’s extended portfolio.
