Gotion High-Tech has established global R&D centers in Hefei and Shanghai of China, Silicon Valley and Cleveland of the USA, Tsukuba of Japan, Singapore, Germany, and India. In the future, the company will cooperate with Volkswagen Group China to carry out innovative R&D of battery technology, embracing the global electrification era.
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Gotion High-tech Engineering R&D Institute in Hefei
General Research Institute of Engineering, Baohe District, Hefei City. An achievement transformation platform integrating industry, university, research, and application.
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Shanghai International R&D Headquarters
International R&D Headquarters, Jiading District, Shanghai City. The R&D center for product design, testing and verification, and system integration. Also our center for global capital and strategies.
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Cleveland, USA
Cleveland Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Responsible for developing a new generation of lithium-ion battery electrolytes, and providing customized electrolyte solutions and high-quality electrolytes for primary lithium batteries, secondary lithium batteries, and supercapacitors.
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Silicon Valley, USA
Silicon Valley Research Institute, Silicon Valley, California, USA. Responsible for innovating and developing battery systems and controllers in the field of electric vehicles.
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Tsukuba, Japan
Tsukuba Research Institute, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Responsible for the R&D of cells, modules and battery management systems, energy storage systems, and next-generation materials.
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Gotion-NTU Smart Energy Laboratory in Singapore
NTU Joint Laboratory, Singapore. Responsible for the PA3 R&D Project of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
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Göttingen, Germany
German Research Institute, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Responsible for the product development of the European market.
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Pune India (Building)
Indian Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Respon sible for product R&D.
Talent & Platform
Talent advantage
5,000+
R&D technicians
100+
International educated talent
150+
PhDs
80+
Foreign experts
Scientific research platform
Gotion High-Tech has established a world-class verification platform for the whole industry chain, with three major verification platforms for material testing, cell testing and system testing, and two laboratories respectively authorized by CSA Group and China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS). In addition, it has established four testing bases in Hefei Xinzhan Hi-tech Industry Development Zone, Baohe District and Lujiang County of Hefei City, and Jiading District of Shanghai City.
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Materials Science
In terms of materials science, the company has established a material research institute focusing on R&D, performance improvement, and compatibility studies of new products, such as key anode and cathode materials used in batteries and electrolyte diaphragms. The institute also works toward developing new chemical systems and promotes the timely and effective application verification and mass production of materials R&D results based on the materials pilot test platform and the cell pilot test platform.
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Battery Technology
In terms of battery technology, the battery research institute has rich experience in developing and mass-producing more than 10 types of aluminum shell cells, mastering advanced technologies such as high specific energy, quick charge, high power, long service life, and low-temperature resistance. It has great ability and experience in resource development for the whole process, including basic R&D, chemical system development, cell structure development, cell design and development, customer connection, security risk analysis, and simulation analysis, ensuring the quantity and quality of the linked output of the cells, from meterials to the complete unit.
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Innovation and Industrial Application
In terms of product innovation and industrial application, the product engineering institute takes system demand management and integration as its top priority and the structural, electrical, simulation, thermal management parts, and performance development as its core to create a complete battery system technology development platform and develop and reserve a "high-performance and low-cost battery system and intelligent big data cloud platform". It can efficiently cater to the customers' performance and cost demands by integrating cell, process, manufacturing, supply chain, cost management, testing, verification, and quality to carry out system product innovation and industrial application to create profits. Besides, it can conduct deep analysis and generate models by churning data of the battery system to support after-sales service and realize closed-loop development.
Innovative Technology
As of December 2022, Gotion High-Tech had applied for a total of 6,344 patents, including 2,836 invention patents (out of which 201 were foreign patents), 3,101 utility model patents, and 407 design patents. A total of 4,274 patents have been granted, including 1,121 invention patents (out of which 72 were foreign invention patents), 2,767 utility model patents, and 386 design patents. The company has published 256 research papers, including 23 SCI papers and 147 core publications. In addition, the company has registered 123 items of software copyright, with the intellectual property rights covering the whole life cycle of lithium batteries. Gotion High-Tech has presided over and participated in the formulation of 61 standards, including 2 international standards, 23 national standards, 12 industry standards, 7 local standards and 17 group standards.
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Gotion High-Tech
had applied for a total of
6344 patents
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Including
2836
invention patents
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4274 patents
Have been granted in total
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Among them
1121
Invention patents are authorized
(including 72 foreign authorized invention patents)
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256
Research papers published
142
Software copyright registrations
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Presided over and participated in the formulation of 54 standards
In addition to a large number of patent technologies in China, Gotion High-Tech also has patent technologies in Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea, among other countries. The patent technologies are mainly in the fields of the four main materials of cells, cell structure design, cell processing technology and equipment, battery management system (BMS), battery PACK, battery testing and evaluation, battery dismantling and recycling, and energy storage, covering the whole industry chain of battery technologies.
