Roadmap ③ · Available individually · €19 · web roadmap + A1 poster · Version 1.0 · As of 2026-08-19
Energy Storage & Battery Technology
From component to infrastructure: batteries decide electric mobility, solar power in the evening and the stability of grids
1 Executive summary (excerpt)
The battery is the energy product whose price has fallen fastest in history: a lithium-ion pack cost more than $1,100/kWh in 2010 and $115 on average in 2024 — minus ninety percent, with the largest annual drop since 2017. With that, the battery has turned from a component into infrastructure. It decides whether a compact electric car is competitive without subsidies (in China since 2024, in Europe probably 2027/28), whether solar power still has a value in the evening and whether grids stay stable without new gas plants. In 2024 more than 160 GWh of stationary storage were added worldwide — a doubling versus the previous year.
The technology story since 2020 is one of chemistry shift: lithium iron phosphate (LFP), dismissed in 2019 as a niche chemistry for buses, today accounts for around 40 % of the world’s vehicle cells and practically all stationary storage — cheaper, safer, free of cobalt and nickel, and by now fast-charging. Behind it, sodium-ion is advancing into the stationary market, while the solid-state cell — “five years from series production” for a decade — appears in small series for the first time in 2027/28. The industry story is one of concentration: two Chinese manufacturers supply more than half of all vehicle cells, Europe’s flagship Northvolt failed in 2024/25, and cell manufacturing in Europe increasingly takes place in plants with Asian owners.
2 What you get
- Executive summary: what it is about, who it is relevant for, what the roadmap claims
- Roadmap panel: retrospective since 2020 and outlook today → 3 → 5 → 10 years in four layers — interactive, with rationale, dependency chains and confidence per entry
- ADL classification per reference industry (emerging · pacing · key · base)
- Maturity (TRL 1–9) per sub-technology with stated confidence and evidence
- Implications for action per horizon: watch · pilot · invest · ignore — with reasons
- Change journal and complete list of sources, methods used linked
- The A1 poster (594 × 841 mm, portrait) as vector PDF in English and German, plus PNG — with 50+ milestones in four layers, dependencies, key figures, TRL, ADL and action matrix
3 What a roadmap looks like
The freely accessible showcase roadmap Robotics & Humanoid Systems shows structure, depth and poster exactly as you get them here.
4 Questions about buying
- What exactly am I buying?
- Access to the web roadmap (permanent, tied to your e-mail address, sign-in by link without password) and the poster as PDF/PNG for download — as of the time of purchase (version and date are printed on page and poster). Later updates are not included.
- How does payment work?
- Via Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, SEPA direct debit and others). You receive a receipt or invoice by e-mail. Price €19; no VAT is charged (German small-business rule, Section 19 UStG).
- Right of withdrawal?
- Digital content: by purchasing you request immediate provision and acknowledge that your right of withdrawal thereby expires — this is stated explicitly once more before payment. Details in the terms of purchase.
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