Artificial intelligence helps build better lithium batteries

How can artificial intelligence bring us closer to a more efficient, more easily recycled and better batteries? Recharge Industries has just announced it will build a $300 million lithium ion battery "gigafactory" in Geelong, Victoria, targeting 2 GWh of production a year in 2024 and 6 GWh by 2026. Lithium ion batteries are in growing demand worldwide with the expected skyrocketing introduction of electric vehicles. But beyond this news, Recharge Industries will also partner with Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2) in Geelong to use artificial intelligence to build a better battery. The idea of using AI to improve batteries is not new, but A2I2 has created an operating system specifically designed for the lithium ion battery project, to speed up the design process.