LeydenJar won the Automotive Innovation Award 2024 for sustainability!
February 5th 2024, LeydenJar was awarded the sustainability prize during the Automotive Innovation Award (AIA) finals. The CEO of LeydenJar Christian Rood was there to accept the award from AIA jury chairman and former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
“This prize shows that we are on the right path towards creating maximum impact in the automotive sector. Our anodes will make electric vehicles more affordable by reducing battery weight, and at the same time decrease environmental impact of the battery production process”, says Christian Rood. Jan Peter Balkenende, who presented the awards, praised both the quantity and quality of the innovations submitted. “We show that, as a small country, we make a global impact with our innovations. Therefore, these innovations deserve all the attention!”
LeydenJar earned the award for the company’s contribution to next generation battery technology for electric cars. LeydenJar produces pure silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries, allowing the battery to have a higher capacity, fast-charging capabilities and a reduced environmental impact! This will help make electric driving more affordable and accessible.
The Automotive Innovation Award is an initiative by ANWB, BOVAG, LeasePlan, RAI Automotive Industry NL, RAI Vereniging and Roland Berger. The AIA is awarded every two years by the independent Stichting AIA. The AIA puts innovations in the Dutch automotive industry in the spotlight and focuses on challenges such as environmental taxes and sustainable mobility. Organisations in the Dutch automotive industry can submit themselves to the AIA. This year, there was a record number of submissions with a total of 43!
About LeydenJar
Modern society needs electric vehicles with longer driving ranges and shorter charging times, smartphones, power tools, and wearables with increased functionality and exceptional battery life, and new and improved technologies to tackle climate change.
LeydenJar Technologies holds the key to this energy-fueled future by enabling the world’s most powerful batteries with radical silicon anodes. With incredibly high energy density, lightning-fast charging, and a low environmental footprint, LeydenJar’s anodes are truly indispensable. The secret lies in ultra-thin, pure silicon battery anodes that enable a lower CO2 footprint with significant cost savings.