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According to foreign media reports, in April this year, USA battery materials company Sila nano obtained e-round financing of 170 million US dollars (about 1.2 billion yuan) led by Daimler, and the following enterprises include 8vc, Siemens, etc. In addition, the company obtained an additional 45 million US dollars (about 320 million yuan) of new financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Committee, with a total financing amount of 340 million US dollars (about 2.39 billion yuan), and the current total valuation of the company is more than 1 billion US dollars. Founded in 2011 by former engineers gene Berdichevsky and Alex Jacobs, Sila nano is a start-up company dedicated to the development and commercial application of new generation materials. We have developed a series of battery anode products with silicon as the main material, aiming to replace the traditional graphite electrode with this material, so as to improve the capacity of the cell. According to Sila nano, the materials can increase the energy density of lithium batteries by 20% or even 40%. Moreover, these materials are used in the production of new generation batteries, with the characteristics of long service life, ultra-low expansion rate and high energy density. In recent years, Sila nano has been looking for financing to develop silicon-based lithium batteries for electric vehicles and technology consumer goods. In 2018, Sila nano started to build its first production line of battery materials after obtaining US $70 million of financing. The first production line can produce 50 MW of lithium battery materials, and will be expanded later. Sila nano said it plans to provide its first consumer electronics customer with lithium batteries next year. At the same time, we will work with ATL, Daimler and other battery manufacturers and automobile factories to market the new silicon-based negative lithium battery. It is speculated that the new material technology of Sila nano should not be actually loaded until at least 2025, because the car manufacturer wants to prove whether the company's battery technology meets its quality assurance standards.