Arc, a world-first software-accelerated, AI-supported solution from IONETIC, is intended to significantly cut down on the time and expenses involved in creating a fully customized EV battery pack.
IONETIC introduced Arc, the first software-accelerated, AI-supported development system in the world that claims to reduce time-to-market for custom battery packs by half and saves millions of dollars in battery pack development expenditures.
By automating design and incorporating pre-validated components into a fully end-to-end battery pack development system, Arc, which was introduced alongside IONETIC’s updated logo, brand, and website, reduces the usual ~$30m investment and four-year development cycle needed for custom EV battery systems from tier 1 suppliers.
IONETIC can now quickly and risk-free meet OEMs’ consumer and commercial objectives with battery solutions that are optimized for performance and cost-effectiveness thanks to the Arc system.
Simplifying the Cost Equation of Battery Development
One of the most expensive and time-consuming tasks in delivering an EV to market on time and on budget is developing the battery pack. When an OEM needs 100 to 10,000 battery packs annually, they usually have to choose between low-performance off-the-shelf solutions or costly, time-consuming, highly Customized EV Battery Pack. Neither option offers an attractive approach for OEMs to introduce electric vehicles.
IONETIC’s end-to-end, AI-supported methodology successfully enables EV OEMs to access high-performance custom battery packs without the typical costs and complexity, as 95% of the world’s OEMs produce low-volume bespoke platforms including trucks, buses, and sports cars.
Arc makes it possible for IONETIC to supply OEMs with batteries that minimize time, expense, and development issues by fusing the flexibility and performance of custom designs with the greatest speed and affordability of off-the-shelf options.
Three Components Are Smoothly Integrated By The System To Accomplish This:
- Software:A network of AI-accelerated design tools which remove manual, iterative human design engineering. Instead, Arc rapidly optimises, conceptualises and brings-to-life the battery pack’s design, facilitating significant time- and cost-reductions.
- Hardware:Arc is built around a pre-defined design system, including a number of pre-validated systems and components, all whilst supporting multiple different cell formats. This reduces both programme risk and validation time, whilst remaining highly flexible.
- Fabrication:Rather than requiring large up-front investment and bespoke manufacturing lines, Arc utilises an innovative, flexible manufacturing system. More akin to the approach taken by semiconductor fabricators, this allows IONETIC’s production facility to serve multiple different customers, without the time and costs typically required for new-line set-up.
Key Comments
James Eaton, CEO and Co-Founder of IONETIC, said: “As the push for electric vehicle adoption accelerates, OEMs need the right partners to bring competitive electrified vehicles to market as fast as possible. IONETIC’s fully end-to-end, in-house offering firmly establishes our position as a battery technology tier 1 at the forefront of innovation; our Arc system allows us to provide OEMs with pre-validated, tailored solutions, enabling them to remove inefficient development processes, focus on vehicle innovation, and eliminate the usual bottlenecks of cost and time. It’s our mission to help OEMs supercharge the electric transition in a way that is profitable and futureproofed for the next era of mobility—a mission that our proprietary technology is primed to achieve.”
