Ultimate 6T Battery for Future Army Vehicles

There has been a massive increase in electrical power needs for the modern Army vehicle. In the past, legacy Army vehicles only used battery electric power for starting, lighting and radio communications. The modern Army vehicle now utilizes a whole host of vehicle electronics or vectronics such as radar, weapon systems, and full silent watch. This heavy electrical load causes premature failure in legacy Pb-acid batteries due to deep discharge cycles. This gives limited trust to warfighters resulting in early 6T replacements as unexpected battery power loss results in an inoperable vehicle that puts the warfighter at risk. The magniture of this army wide problem is significant as over 80% of army vehicles are still powered by lead acid chemistry. According to DEVCOM GVSC approx. 800,000 6T batteries are fielded with some vehicles having 2 batteries and as much as 12 batteries with around 250,000 6T batteries are purchased by the ARMY every year resulting in over $170M in replacement, transportation and installation costs. Not to mention the loss of warfighter readings. Tyfast proposes a new class of Li-ion battery technology powered by a novel lithium vanadium oxide anode (LVO). LVO has faster Li-transport, lower material expansion and higher safety vs. standard graphite anode. This novel material was discovered by Tyfast co-founders in 2018 at UC San Diego and published in Nature in 2020 and now has 4 patents pending. When paired with commercial electrolyte and cathodes, this enables a Li-ion cell with 2-10x higher amps, charging below freezing without pre-heating, over 5x more cycle life, and improved safety with a metal oxide anode This Li-ion cell can then deliver a future 6T battery that provides leap-ahead capabilities over wartime adversaries. Critically, vanadium oxide can be 100% domestic sourced to enhance supply chain security and develop a domestic battery manufacturing capability.