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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2024

 

Solid Power, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-40284   86-1888095
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

486 S. Pierce Avenue, Suite E

Louisville, Colorado

  80027
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

(303) 219-0720

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol(s)
 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   SLDP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50   SLDPW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Earnings Call Transcript

 

On May 7, 2024, Solid Power, Inc. (the “Company,” “Solid Power,” “we,” or “our”) hosted a conference call to discuss its financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. A transcript of the conference call is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, the information set forth therein, and the information disclosed under this Item 7.01 is being furnished and will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

All statements other than statements of present or historical fact contained herein or in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including Solid Power’s or its management team’s expectations, objectives, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. When used herein, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “outlook,” “seek,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These statements include our financial guidance for 2024, future financial performance and our strategy, expansion plans, market opportunity, future operations, future operating results, estimated revenues, losses, projected costs, prospects, and plans and objectives of management. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Solid Power disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements and Solid Power cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Solid Power, including the following factors: (i) risks relating to the uncertainty of the success of our research and development efforts, including our ability to achieve the technological objectives or results that our partners require, and our ability to commercialize our technology in advance of competing technologies; (ii) rollout of our business plan and the timing of expected business milestones; (iii) risks relating to the non-exclusive nature of our original equipment manufacturer and other partner relationships and our ability to manage these business relationships; (iv) our ability to negotiate and execute commercial agreements with our partners on commercially reasonable terms; (v) our ability to protect and maintain our intellectual property, including in jurisdictions outside of the United States; (vi) broad market adoption of battery electric vehicles and other technologies where we are able to deploy our technology, if developed successfully; (vii) our success attracting and retaining our executive officers, key employees, and other qualified personnel; (viii) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (ix) risks relating to our information technology infrastructure and data security breaches; (x) risks relating to our status as a research and development stage company with a history of financial losses with an expectation of incurring significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable future; (xi) our ability to secure government contracts and grants and the availability of government subsidies and economic incentives; (xii) delays in the construction and operation of additional facilities; and (xiii) risks relating to other economic, business, or competitive factors in the United States and other jurisdictions, including supply chain interruptions and changes in market conditions, and our ability to manage these risks and uncertainties. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein or in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K can be found in the “Risk Factors” sections of Solid Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and other documents filed by Solid Power from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), all of which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Solid Power gives no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)    Exhibits.

 

See the Exhibit index below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit
No.

  Description
99.1   Earnings Call Transcript.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 9, 2024

 

  SOLID POWER, INC.
     
  By: /s/ James Liebscher
    Name: James Liebscher
    Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Solid Power, Inc.

First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call

May 7, 2024 – 2:30pm MT

 

Corporate Participants

 

Jennifer Almquist, Investor Relations for Solid Power Inc.

 

John Van Scoter, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Kevin Paprzycki, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 

 

Conference Call Participants

 

Michael Shlisky, D.A. Davidson

 

Brian Dobson, Chardan Capital Markets

 

Jeffrey Campbell, Seaport Research Partners

 

Vincent Anderson, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company 

 

 

Operator

 

Greetings and welcome to the Solid Power, Inc. First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Business Update Call. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Jennifer Almquist, Investor Relations for Solid Power. Thank you. You may begin.

 

Jennifer Almquist

 

Thank you, Operator. Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us today. I’m joined on today’s call by Solid Power’s President and Chief Executive Officer, John Van Scoter, and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Paprzycki.

 

A copy of today’s earnings release is available on the Investor Relations section of Solid Power’s website, www.solidpowerbattery.com.

 

I’d like to remind you that parts of our discussion today will include forward-looking statements as defined by US securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Solid Power disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in today’s forward-looking statements, please see Solid Power’s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be found on the company’s website at www.solidpowerbattery.com.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 1May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

With that, let me turn it over to John Van Scoter.

 

John Van Scoter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solid Power, Inc.

 

Thank you, Jen. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining today’s call.

 

I’ll begin today with a brief update on our progress. After that, I’ll hand the call off to Kevin for the financial review. Then we’ll open up the call for Q&A.

 

When we last spoke, we outlined our 2024 goals. They are to: expand our electrolyte capabilities and available market, advance to A-2 Sample cell designs, execute for our partners, and strengthen our presence in Korea.

 

2024 is off to a good start with continued strong execution on all 4 of these priorities during the first quarter: With respect to electrolyte, we expanded our sampling program with ongoing shipments to new potential customers. We made progress on our A-2 cell design and are executing on a path that we believe will enable us to deliver higher performing cells by target dates. We continued to execute for our partners, most notably through strong early execution on our SK On R&D technology transfer and line installation agreements, and we further established our team and offices in Korea, providing the basis for ongoing engagement in the region.

 

Looking a little more closely at each of these goals, starting with electrolyte:

 

We continue to see growing interest in our electrolyte powder. During the quarter, we made shipments to our existing partners. We also made repeat shipments to a potential customer after receiving positive feedback, and shipped our electrolyte to a new potential OEM customer we are excited to work with. Our electrolyte has now been shipped to 10 potential customers outside of our existing joint development relationships.

 

We’ve also continued to invest in our new electrolyte R&D lab, which we are targeting to complete sometime mid-year. The goal of this lab will be to optimize continuous electrolyte production, reduce the cost of our powder, and develop future generations of even higher performing electrolyte.

 

We continue to believe our proprietary electrolyte represents a great long-term opportunity for our industry and for our shareholders, and we remain committed to continuing to expand our capabilities and available market in this area.

 

Turning to cell development. Our team continues to refine our A-2 cell design, with a goal of delivering A-2 cells to our partners by the end of this year. Our A-2 cells are designed to improve our cell performance, including energy and power. We believe these improvements also represent an incremental step towards commercial solid-state technology.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 2May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

With respect to cell performance, our team has also been working hard to better address the handful of A-1 cells that went into thermal runaway earlier this year. The team is improving our internal testing capabilities, performing detailed analysis of our cell reactions, and thoroughly evaluating the materials and processes used in production. We have been able to identify minor changes in our cell’s chemistry and design, as well as improvements in our manufacturing process that we have factored into our plans for the A-2 builds.

 

Battery technology development is challenging and our team is energized by the opportunity to overcome hurdles and demonstrate the potential of solid state batteries. I’m proud of our team’s work and want to express my appreciation for their commitment to driving realistic, thoughtful solutions.

 

Turning to our partners. Since signing the expanded agreement with SK On in January, we have begun collaboration in earnest. In April, we hosted SK On for 3 weeks here in Colorado to kick off the tech transfer process under our R&D license. During those 3 weeks, we conducted workshops, training and other hands-on learning with respect to our cell production processes. This was valuable time spent, and beneficial for both sides, as we set a solid foundation for future collaboration.

 

We also sent a team to Korea to begin work on the SK On line installation. I’m pleased to say that we are nearing design freeze on SK On’s new EV Cell line. All the line’s major equipment is now on order, keeping us well on track to complete the line in the first half of 2025. Both the tech transfer and line installation efforts will ultimately increase collaboration and leverage the development efforts on our solid-state technology across the US, Europe and Asia in the years to come.

 

We also continue our close collaboration with both BMW and Ford under our joint development agreements. We continue to value these relationships and look forward to continuing to work closely with our OEM partners throughout the year.

 

And lastly, Korea. We’ve made good progress in solidifying our Korean presence. We now have an entire team on the ground in Korea with a combination of expat Solid Power employees and local expertise, who onboarded in our SP2 facility a couple of weeks ago. This team is located in Seoul, where we are establishing a home base for driving further engagement across the peninsula with potential customers, vendors, government agencies and others in the forefront of battery technology development.

 

Before I wrap up, I also want to say we’re making good progress on our planned investor event for later this year. We look forward to sharing more details with you in the coming months.

 

With that, I’ll turn the call over to Kevin.

 

Kevin Paprzycki, CFO Solid Power Inc.

 

Thanks John. Good afternoon, everyone. I’ll start off today with an overview of our financial results for Q1. Then I’ll discuss our ’24 outlook.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 3May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Our first quarter financial results reflect continued technology development and initial execution on our new SK agreements. First quarter revenue was just under $6 million. This primarily reflects solid performance on our BMW agreement. Operating expenses for Q1 were $31.7 million, reflecting our planned investments in cell and electrolyte development, the scaling of our operations, and execution under our development agreements. First quarter operating loss was $25.8 million, and net loss was $21.2 million, or $0.12 per share.

 

Turning to our balance sheet, we ended the quarter with total liquidity of $379 million in cash, marketable securities, and long-term investments. We invested $29.1 million in operations during the quarter, and $4.1 million in capex, mostly going towards our new electrolyte R&D lab. Our overall capex investments were lower than last year, when we were investing heavily in our SP2 electrolyte plant.

 

We did have an increase in working capital invested this quarter. We had a couple of large partner receivables at the end of Q1, that will be collected in Q2 in line with contract milestones. We also placed downpayments during the quarter on equipment for the S-K line install. We expect our working capital to normalize over the remainder of the year, lowering our cash burn over coming quarters.

 

Lastly, during the quarter, we repurchased 5 million shares of our common stock for a total of just over $8 million. You will see $4.9 million on our statement of cash flows, with the remaining amount sitting on the balance sheet, as the cash settled in early April.

 

Overall, our liquidity position remains strong, especially in light of our capital light business model, with its lower capex requirements.

 

Turning to our outlook for the year. We are reiterating our guidance for ‘24, with revenue still expected to be in $20 to $25 million range. This includes the remaining revenue from our BMW agreement and expected revenue from our new SK agreements. We did have a small amount of SK revenue in Q1, and expect more over the rest of the year as we execute on tech transfer and line installation.

 

With respect to the overall cash flow guidance, we are reiterating our expectation that total cash investment for ‘24 will be in the range of $100 to $120 million dollars, with operating cash investment expected to be $60 to $70 million, and capex investments expected to be $40 to $50 million.

 

In addition to the $100 to $120 million, we will have $8 million of share repurchase investments show up in our financing cash flows from the repurchases we’ve done so far this year. We’ll continue to evaluate the timing and amounts of future repurchases under our plan.

 

With that, I’ll now turn the call back to John.

 

John Van Scoter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solid Power, Inc.

 

Thanks, Kevin.

 

In closing, 2024 is off to a solid start. The team here at Solid Power continues to execute well on our 2024 goals, whether the targets are technical, strategic or financial in nature. I’m confident that this continued strong execution will drive shareholder value for the long-term.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 4May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

With that, I’ll turn it over to Q&A.

 

Operator

 

We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star then 1 on your telephone keypad. If you are using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star then 2. At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. The first question comes from Mike Shlisky with D.A. Davidson. Please go ahead.

 

Michael Shlisky

 

Yes. Hello, good afternoon. Thank you for taking my question. You had mentioned you have shipped electrolyte to 10 potential partners beyond the three that you've already mentioned you're working with. Those 10 partners, could you maybe bracket for us, are they auto OEMs or battery folks? Maybe some sense as to the size maybe combined of what market share those autos or batteries may have or just some sense as to how big if they all signed up to work with Solid Power, the long-term opportunity may be there.

 

John Van Scoter

 

Good afternoon, Mike, thanks for joining. Yes, it's a combination of battery OEMs and EV OEMs. I would say it's skewed more towards battery OEMs in this period of time. But again, it's both. I honestly don't have a good assessment of what the total available market that they address would be but it is a combination of very large known players in the market as well as some of the medium-sized players in the market.

 

Michael Shlisky

 

Got it. Thanks. I also appreciated your details on the team's efforts to fix those issues with thermal runaway. Can you share with us, is the resulting cell going to look, cost or perform differently than what was originally put in or are the changes very small, to your knowledge, at this point?

 

John Van Scoter

 

Yes. Great question again. Mike, I want to emphasize clearly that just a handful of cells that we had out of thousands that we've built, so just to keep the situation in scope. But they're small tweaks that we're making. But I would like to once again reiterate that the battery system is really a complex interplay between the chemistries, the mechanics and the overall system environment that it operates in. Those all have to be tweaked as you make a change in one area that it may affect the design. It may affect the manufacturing flow. And so just bear that in mind when we talk about changes, it's small tweaks to all those because of the interplay between them for the battery system.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 5May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Michael Shlisky

 

Got it. Thanks. Perhaps one last one for me and this is for Kevin. Is it too early to ask about 2025 at this point? Do you think that your cash burn or expense run rate as it tapers down a little bit around the year, could it maybe run similar to what you're seeing this year? Or is there a major step up or down for 2025?

 

Kevin Paprzycki

 

Thanks, Mike. We're going to give longer-term guidance later this year at our investor event. I don't think our messaging has changed much from what we said originally which is once we got through our SP1 line install and SP2 electrolyte facility that our CapEx needs would tweak down and overall spend would go down. We're not expecting any changes, but we'll give more detailed guidance here later this year.

 

Michael Shlisky

 

Okay. Appreciate those answers. Thank you so much.

 

Operator

 

The next question comes from Brian Dobson with Chardan Capital Markets. Please go ahead.

 

Brian Dobson

 

Yes. Thanks very much for taking my question. Just one follow-up on those, call it, 10 clients and the two new clients that you mentioned. You mentioned supplying powdered electrolyte, both on an ongoing basis to one potential client and one new potential client. What feedback have you received from those companies? Can you give us an idea as to what industry they're in, either automotive or battery?

 

John Van Scoter

 

There's one customer that's in the battery space providing to the EV market, a major player in Asia. Then a second EV OEM also in Asia. Those are the descriptions of the two that we referred to in the call. The feedback has been very encouraging, Brian. And the reason I say that is that we've been through multiple iterations of sampling with both of them. Then looking at the initial material saying, I like this characteristic about the electrolyte, but could you change this characteristic? And g ahead and we do our modification or screening or what have you to get to that desired specification. We resample it, they re-evaluate it, taking through their cell lines and then it's a rinse and repeat from there. We've had as many as five cycles with one of those two OEMs at this point.

 

It clearly shows engagement. It shows that there's interest, strong interest, I would say, as a result of the engagement. We're not through that process for either of them. I would expect that would continue through the balance of this year. As I said, the battery system is a very complex interplay. They both have their own cell designs. And so we're really tuning the electrolyte to make it perform the best in their cell design. I believe that will continue through the balance of this year.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 6May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Brian Dobson

 

Yes, excellent. Is there any update on work that you have been doing with BMW toward the development of one of their prototype cars?

 

John Van Scoter

 

Yes. Our collaboration with BMW continues to be very strong. If anything, it's gotten stronger in 2024. You may recall, we actually have expat engineers from BMW here on site in Colorado for extended periods of time. And they're working shoulder to shoulder with our engineers to come up to speed on our cell design so that they can duplicate that and then build on it in Parsdorf, Germany. I understand that equipment for that facility is coming in this year and they have an objective to get that facility up and running in 2025. We're still in discussions with them about the demo car. We really don't have any further updates for you at this point, but we will share that with you as soon as we do have clarity about their plans.

 

As you, I'm sure, know, they are going through a major platform change with the Neue Klasse coming out next year and so they're doing a lot of internal planning. So there really is no further update at this point other than that close collaboration and our support of their line in Parsdorf, Germany as we go through this year.

 

Brian Dobson

 

Excellent. During the quarter, you retired nearly $5 million worth of stock. We're in agreement that shares are undervalued at this level. But as you're thinking about utilizing additional share repurchases, are you thinking about being programmatic? Or are you thinking about being opportunistic in nature? How are you and the Board going about that?

 

Kevin Paprzycki

 

Hey Brian. We're thankful that we have such a strong balance sheet at this point and we'll remain flexible here and consider all opportunities to buy our stock back going forward. At this point, we don't want to give too much detail because that could impact our ability to buy back but we'll consider the opportunities here as they come up going forward.

 

Brian Dobson

 

Okay. Just one final one, if I could sneak it in. It's very exciting that you're building out Korea. Have you received any early feedback from team members on the ground there regarding the reception of Solid Power by the local companies?

 

John Van Scoter

 

Yes. The reception has been just what we hoped it would be. I think once you plant your flag and start to invest in a country like that, it's really our first global expansion, people take notice. And so yes, we are getting deferential treatment from the various partners and providers, suppliers over there and also very close collaboration with the national labs. They have clearly acknowledged that being there makes a difference. We have hired now three nationals already throughout program management, technical lead, as well as HR over there to build out that core team. The reception is exactly what we had hoped, maybe a little bit better than that I had expected on the government side but it's really coming in nicely.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 7May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Brian Dobson

 

Thanks very much.

 

Operator

 

Our next question comes from Jeffrey Campbell with Seaport Research Partners. Please, go ahead.

 

Jeffrey Campbell

 

Good afternoon and congratulations on all the success that you've laid out. I really only have one question at this point. That is all these various samplings of the electrolyte, where the electrolyte is going, is this electrolyte being tested for any other battery architecture besides the silicon EV cell? Or conversely, if not, can we see this as some validation of the silicon EV cell architecture?

 

John Van Scoter

 

Yes. Good question, Jeffrey. We believe that it's being used in a variety of different anode-cathode combinations at this point. For obvious reasons, these OEMs generally keep those designs pretty close to their chest. So we don't have a lot of visibility but we get some clues, if you will, based on what they're asking for in terms of the changes to electrolyte. I think it's fair to say that there's a number of different combinations of anode and cathode that are being utilized with our electrolyte at this point.

 

Again, it underscores the—we're really indifferent to the anode technology and the cathode technology. It speaks to the versatility I think of our electrolyte and of our business model. We do, again, work closely with the customers but don't have ultimate visibility right now on those designs.

 

Jeffrey Campbell

 

Yes, well, that flexibility is kind of where I was going, so thanks for that answer. I appreciate it.

 

Operator

 

Again, if you have a question, please press star, then one. Our next question comes from Vincent Anderson with Stifel. Please go ahead.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 8May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Vincent Anderson

 

Yes. Thanks. Just two quick ones on the SK partnership. Could you remind me, are you able to immediately start iterating off of your most recent A-2 battery with SK? Or does the nature of the JDA mean that you have to start a few steps back and develop forward from there?

 

John Van Scoter

 

We will start with the A-1 design as a baseline because it's the most learned and then build from there. But our intention would be to have ongoing collaboration for the various designs as we go forward. They've expressed the desire to do that same thing, but it will start off of our base which we built largely last year.

 

Vincent Anderson

 

Okay. All right. That makes sense. Are they going to be explicitly sourcing raw materials for you or having a direct say in raw material sourcing?

 

John Van Scoter

 

You mean for our precursors or do you mean for the other components in the battery?

 

Vincent Anderson

 

Yes, sorry. Apologies, yes, for your precursors.

 

John Van Scoter

 

No. We solely control our precursor vendors and selection.

 

Vincent Anderson

 

All right. Just shifting gears. I'm curious, are you planning on requiring or dedicating additional prototyping equipment or electrolyte manufacturing equipment to support the new electrolyte chemistry? I'm only asking because I assume you've already started working on some of this R&D around the new chemistry and you feel the need to afford it its own lab space. I'm just wondering if that's going to eventually come with maybe entirely segregated lines and things like that.

 

John Van Scoter

 

We have the DVPR line that will be coming on midyear here. Well, lab, excuse me, not line. That will advance the state of the art there, advance our production capability in terms of continuous flow versus batch as well as driving on our cost vectors. But once that's done, it's designed so that whatever results can be seamlessly integrated into our SP2 existing powder line. And one of the I think real highlights of this year has been the flexibility that that line has demonstrated already. I mean, it was designed for flexibility, but as we've gone through these customer sampling exercises I described previously, our ability to actually tune it very quickly to the customer requirements is really proven to be beyond even my expectations. So we don't envision a different line other than the DVPR lab but then we’ll—that material and designs will migrate into the standard SP2 facility.

 

 Solid Power, Inc.
 9May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

 

Vincent Anderson

 

Perfect. All right, that’s all from me. Thank you.

 

Operator

 

This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to John Van Scoter for any closing remarks.

 

John Van Scoter

 

Thank you for joining the call today everyone and for your interest in Solid Power. We look forward to updating you again next quarter.

 

Operator

 

The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.

 

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 10May 7, 2024, 2:30pm MT

 

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