Akasol AG is a German manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles. Akasol was founded in 2008. Its headquarters and main manufacturing site are located in Darmstadt. A manufacturing site in Detroit was opened in 2019. In 2021, the company was acquired by the American automotive supplier BorgWarner.[1]
History
The Company emerged from a solar technology team founded in 1989 at the Darmstadt University of Technology's Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. The student team developed a number of solar and battery driven cars, aiming at low energy consumption.[2]
In 2008, members of the team founded the Akasol Engineering GmbH, a for-profit company for developing Lithium-ion batteries and an electric car suitable for everyday use. The name was changed to Akasol GmbH in 2012.[3]