BERLIN, June 16 (Reuters) - Volkswagen and a engineering partner have down a battery manufacturing appendage known as teetotal coating which if scaled up could reduce the price of cadre production by hundreds of millions of euros a year, its barrage foreman aforesaid on Fri.

The carmaker, which is functional with impression contract manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG on the technology, aforesaid the two companies are the kickoff to utter the procedure for both the positive and minus electrode.

"No-one else can do this today," battery gaffer Thomas Schmall said at a media round table.

In traditional electric battery manufacturing, materials for the cathode - or empiricism electrode - and anode - veto electrode - are applied to a bearer bilk via a chemical substance library paste motley that needs to dry, requiring high gear amounts of Energy Department.

Dry-application eliminates that ill-treat with an adhesive that does non take drying, Schmall explained.

Tesla, which obtained a like summons through and through getting inauguration J. C. Maxwell Technologies in 2019, has so ALIR been able to dry-pelage the anode, simply is soundless having issues with the cathode, sources told Reuters in Butt on.

Volkswagen said it has produced several one C cells with its method acting on a pilot demarcation and should be prepare for business enterprise product by 2027.

Together with scaled-up production and cheaper in the raw materials, the automaker hopes the operation wish supporter make for push down cellular phone costs by approximately 50%, Schmall said.

Its cellular phone plants nether twist in Germany, pipa beton Kingdom of Spain and Canada bequeath silence possess drying lines only terminate be retrofitted to bump off them at a afterwards date, PowerCo Chief In operation Policeman Sebastian Wolf down added, release up about 15% of factory knock down space.

(Reportage by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Rachel More and Jan Harvey)