Xiaomi / Huawei / Geely Investment Weilan New Energy 100GWh solid-state Lithium Battery Project has been built

Check information, recently, Beijing Weilan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Weilan New Energy) has undergone industrial and commercial changes, adding Xiaomi Yangtze River Industrial Fund Partnership (limited partnership), Huawei affiliated company Shenzhen Hubble Technology Investment Partnership (limited partnership), Ningbo Geely Blue Plan Enterprise Management Partnership and other shareholders, the company's registered capital increased from 58.0368 million yuan to 61.3673 million yuan.

It is reported that the latest round of strategic financing of Weilan New Energy is also the fifth since statistics, and the specific amount of financing has not yet been announced.

Data show that Weilan New Energy was founded in 2016, subordinate to Jiangsu Weilan, Huzhou Weilan, pilot solid State and other subsidiaries, is a national high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and production of solid-state lithium batteries and possessing a series of core patents and technologies, and is the only industrialization platform for solid-state battery technology of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a company valuation of nearly 10 billion. In 2020, Weilan new energy, semi-solid lithium battery has achieved mass production in UAV products, the current number of supply enterprises 50 +.

Headquartered in Beijing, Weilan New Energy now has four industrial bases: Fangshan in Beijing, Liyang in Jiangsu, Huzhou in Zhejiang and Zibo in Shandong, with 270 + patents, 20 + national and provincial-level R & D projects, and 500 + employees.

On February 25th, Weilan New Energy 100GWh solid-state lithium battery project started construction in Shandong Zibo High-tech Zone, with a total investment of 40 billion yuan. Among them, the first phase invests 10.2 billion yuan and covers an area of 550mu, producing mixed solid-liquid electrolyte battery and all-solid-state battery 20GWh annually. The project was signed, built and put into production in the same year.

Battery net noted that Weilan New Energy is currently the largest shareholder in Hefei Blue mileage Venture Capital Partnership, with a shareholding of 19.2%, and the latter's investors include Li Bin, founder of Lulai Motor.

Recently, Li Hong, founder of Weilan New Energy, revealed that Weilan New Energy is working with Weilai Automobile-based on the ET7 model, it plans to launch a mixed solid-liquid electrolyte battery with a range of 1000 kilometers on a single charge. It is understood that the solid-state battery is expected to start mass production by the end of this year or the first half of next year.

In addition, in October 2021, Enjie (002812) holding subsidiary Shanghai Enjie and Weilan New Energy and Tianmu Leader signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement in Shanghai. the three parties entered into a strategic partnership in the future research and development of new technologies, new products, new processes and the realization of cooperation goals, and jointly established a solid electrolyte coating diaphragm company to jointly develop and produce coating diaphragms and specially customized coating separators.

According to the agreement, the joint venture is controlled by Shanghai Enjie, which is 51% owned by Shanghai Enjie, 25% by Weilan New Energy and 24% by Tianmu Leader. The joint venture will give priority to supplying Weilan New Energy and its subsidiaries in the future.