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AutonomousArchitecture

Addionics' battery architecture for high-utilization autonomous and electric applications, designed for fast recharge, repeated cycling, minimal downtime, and long-term reliability.

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01What it is

Built on Smart 3D Porous Current Collectors, it replaces conventional flat metal foils with a conductive, porous 3D metal structure that becomes part of the cell architecture itself. The result supports more uniform electrolyte movement, improved salt homogeneity, stable ion transport, and more balanced current distribution during repeated cycling and fast recharge.

Aluminium and copper, made porous

Smart 3D Porous Current Collectors, in production.

Aluminium and copper Smart 3D Porous Current Collectors

02What it changes

  • Faster recharge readiness

    Supports rapid recharge and redeployment between missions, routes, or shifts.

  • More stable cycling

    Helps reduce internal imbalance during repeated charge-discharge cycles.

  • Greater usable energy

    Supports wider usable operating windows by improving internal cell stability.

  • Reduced downtime

    Designed for applications where every hour off the road, off route, or off mission matters.

  • Long-term reliability

    Supports more stable battery behavior across high-utilization operation.

  • Architecture-level performance

    Improves battery behavior from inside the cell, not only through materials, pack design, or software.

03The science

Under continuous operation, batteries have less time to recover between cycles.

This can create internal concentration gradients that affect ion transport, accelerate degradation, and reduce usable capacity. One mechanism behind this challenge is EMSI, Electrolyte Motion induced Salt Inhomogeneity. Autonomous Architecture™ is designed to support more uniform electrolyte movement, improved salt homogeneity, and more stable performance under high-utilization operation.

Salt concentration across a cell built on conventional flat foil. The distribution is strongly banded — high concentration at the top and bottom edges falling to a low-concentration core.
Salt concentration across a cell built on a Smart 3D porous current collector. The distribution is close to uniform, with no banding at the edges.
HighLow

Conventional flat foil

High gradients

Uneven ion transport

3D porous current collector

Reduced gradients

More uniform ion transport

Fig. 01 · Salt distribution under continuous cyclingSimulation supplied by Addionics. Shown as provided; the colour ramp is theirs.

Explore the battery science, the EMSI challenge, and the cell architecture behind 24/7 autonomous operation.

04Where it runs

  • Robotaxis

    More uptime, wider usable battery windows, and fewer charging interruptions.

  • Autonomous & electric trucks

    Supports route reliability, reduced charging disruption, and high daily energy throughput.

  • Drones & UAVs

    Designed for endurance, fast turnaround, mission frequency, and readiness across repeated deployments.

  • Robotics & humanoids

    Supports longer productive operation, fewer docking events, and more useful work between charges.

  • Space platforms

    Designed for long-cycle reliability, usable energy retention, and mission-critical operation.

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