#393 - Chapter 393 Solid-state batteries are here!

"Beep!"

Lin Chen received a call from Xu Xiangyang.

"Director Xu, what's up?"

On the other end of the phone, Xu Xiangyang said happily, "Mr. Lin, our solid-state battery factory is ready. It's in Shanghai. Would you like to attend the launch ceremony?"

Lin Chen: "I think I'll pass. If I go, foreign forces will definitely know this has a lot to do with me."

Xu Xiangyang laughed and said, "Mr. Lin, you still want to hide it? You're an elephant now; you can't hide anymore."

"Besides, if we want to achieve the best harvesting effect on the futures market, we'll have to include you in the publicity at that time. You might even have to personally come out and promote it."

Lin Chen thought about it.

What Xu Xiangyang said made sense.

"Alright then, when is it?"

"Mr. Lin, there will be a car downstairs to take you over."

Lin Chen hung up the phone and went into the bedroom.

Lin Xiaoqian was still asleep, but Xu Mengyao was awake and getting ready to get out of bed.

"Honey, don't get up. Sleep a little longer. I have something to do today, so don't go to work."

Lin Chen bent down and kissed Xu Mengyao.

Xu Mengyao nodded, "Then I have to tell Dad. There's a meeting, and he'll have to attend it for me. Other things can be done by others."

"Okay."

"I've prepared breakfast for you and put it in the steamer. You haven't been resting well these past two days, so get some more sleep."

After Lin Chen finished speaking, he took Xu Mengyao's pulse.

Her pulse wasn't a big problem; she just needed to rest well.

… …

An hour later, Lin Chen arrived at the development zone.

There were many factories here.

Many of these factories are now fully automated production lines.

When the car arrived at the factory gate, Lin Chen noticed that the security guards here had a completely different spirit than the security guards at ordinary factories.

They were likely retired soldiers.

They might even be active-duty soldiers.

The motorcade had made advance arrangements and quickly entered the factory.

Xu Xiangyang was waiting for Lin Chen.

Lin Chen got out of the car, and he enthusiastically greeted him.

"Mr. Lin, welcome."

"Old Li has arrived. He wanted to wait for you outside, but it's freezing cold, and we persuaded him to wait inside since he's old."

Xu Xiangyang shook hands with Lin Chen.

Lin Chen: "I'm a young man. Why would I make Old Li wait outside? So early? Did Old Li arrive in Shanghai yesterday?"

Xu Xiangyang shook his head: "No, Old Li is very busy. He took a 5 a.m. flight from the capital this morning. Compared to you and Old Li, I can't say I'm working hard at all."

Others didn't know, but Xu Xiangyang knew that Lin Chen was also busy.

He and Xu Xiangyang and others went inside the factory.

Old Li walked towards Lin Chen with a smile.

Lin Chen quickened his pace. The two shook hands, and Old Li said with a smile, "Xiao Lin, it's been a while since we've seen each other since you got married. You should bring Mengyao and Qianqian to the capital to play more often."

"Old Yang and the others talk about you every day."

Lin Chen whispered, "Mengyao is pregnant. For the first three months, I want her to avoid traveling long distances as much as possible. After the first three months, I'll take them out for a walk."

Old Li's eyes lit up.

"So that's how it is."

"This is a great happy event."

Lin Chen: "Old Li, please keep it a secret for me. I don't want too many people to know about this news yet."

"No problem."

Old Li said with a smile.

Soon, Lin Chen and the others arrived at the factory control room. This factory was an unmanned intelligent factory. From the entry of materials to the output of finished products, all links were fully automated.

"Click!"

Reporters were filming and taking pictures of Lin Chen and the others.

Such things must be carefully photographed and recorded.

"Xiao Lin, the solid-state battery technology was provided by you, so you should launch the world's first solid-state battery production line."

Old Li looked at Lin Chen and said with a smile.

Lin Chen quickly said, "Old Li, you should do it."

Old Li waved his hand: "It's better if you do it. Hurry up; let's not push this matter back and forth."

"Alright."

Lin Chen pressed a button.

Suddenly, the entire unmanned intelligent factory was activated, and the first production line quickly entered the solid-state battery production stage.

The solid-state battery designed by Lin Chen was quite expensive, but it had a very good characteristic: fast production speed, many times faster than the traditional liquid battery production speed.

"Xiao Lin, can you introduce this solid-state battery?"

Old Li said with a smile.

Several cameras were aimed at Lin Chen and the others.

Two of the cameras were aimed at Lin Chen from different angles.

"Okay."

Lin Chen nodded.

"Old Li, this battery has several characteristics. First, it's safe. It's okay even if you cut it into pieces. It won't explode even if you burn it in a fire."

"It's solid-state, and its properties are very stable. It's almost like a piece of stainless steel or a piece of aluminum alloy."

"Second, it has a high energy density and has the characteristic of very low energy loss for long-term energy storage. Its energy density reaches twice that of the best other batteries."

"Other batteries self-discharge every day, losing between one and three percent of their capacity. This solid-state battery loses less than one-thousandth of its capacity per day due to self-discharge."

Old Li exclaimed, "Xiao Lin, in that case, if it's fully charged and left for a year, it will still have more than half of its power?"

Lin Chen said, "If there is no additional power consumption, if it's stored fully charged for a year, the remaining power will be higher than seventy percent."

"Amazing, continue."

Old Li said.

Lin Chen: "The third characteristic is that, for the same volume, this battery is about thirty percent lighter than traditional batteries. When used in electric vehicles, it can save energy."

"The fourth characteristic is that it has a very long lifespan. As long as it's not damaged, there's no problem with a lifespan of twenty or thirty years, and the annual capacity loss is also less than one percent."

Old Li said, "What about after thirty years?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "You can still use it if you want to. It's just that the capacity will only be seventy percent of the original capacity at that time. If you don't want to use it anymore, it's solid, and it won't affect the environment after disposal."

"If it's recycled, it can be used again."

Old Li nodded: "There are very many advantages. Xiao Lin, you just said so many advantages. Tell me about its disadvantages."

Lin Chen said, "It also has two disadvantages. First, it's expensive. Currently, ordinary cars can't use this battery. It can basically only be used in high-end cars over 500,000."

"Second, although the capacity is twice that of existing batteries, in my opinion, this capacity is still not high enough."

Old Li said with a smile: "It's already very good. Twice the capacity, the actual range should be able to reach 1,000 kilometers when used in electric vehicles, right?"

"What about the charging speed?"

Lin Chen said, "Considering the weight reduction of the battery, the actual range should reach 1,200 kilometers when used in electric vehicles."

"The charging speed depends on the power of the charging pile. It supports a full charge in as little as five minutes."