KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A company that aims to “transform the car industry” is expanding into Knoxville.
Safire Technology Group announced it’s opening a new lab at the University of Tennessee Spark Innovation Center off of Alcoa Highway. The company hopes to make electric vehicle batteries safer using technology invented at Oak Ridge National Lab. The new location was chosen to help the company to build on its partnership with ORNL and the University of Tennessee.
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The technology is called SAFe Impact Resistant Electrolyte (SAFIRE). It’s a drop-in safety additive for lithium-ion batteries that apparently prevents fire and explosion if an electric vehicle crashes. According to Safire, it does that by turning from liquid to solid when a kinetic impact happens.
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