IT之家 8 月 23 日消息，据外媒 insideevs 当地时间 22 日报道，LG 新能源（LGES）认为，固态电池在大规模进入汽车市场前，可能会先在智能手机、无人机等非汽车领域实现商业化。    DECATUR, Ga. -- A suburban Atlanta woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 murder of a 4-month-old who died after she placed him to sleep on his abdomen in the child care center she operated out of her basement.A judge sentenced Amanda Hickey, 48, on Friday after families of children she was accused of abusing gave emotional testimony against her.”I know that there is nothing I can say in words to take away their pain, except take responsibility and express extreme sorrow for what I’ve done,” Hickey told DeKalb County Superior Court Chief Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “This is my legacy now.”Charlie Cronmiller was being cared for in Hickey's Little Lovey child care center when he died on Feb. 3, 2021. Hickey didn't check on him for more than two hours before finding him covered in vomit and not breathing. The infant was pronounced dead at a hospital.Hickey operated the child care center from the basement of her Dunwoody home. She initially told investigators that she put the baby down on his back, in line with state regulations, but that the child rolled over onto his abdomen. Security video, however, showed Hickey actually placed the infant facedown.Video showed her swinging other babies by their feet, slamming them into the ground, pulling their hair, pushing and tripping toddlers, and placing others in unsafe positions for sleep, prosecutors said. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 18 months.Hickey was licensed to care for six children, but prosecutors said 10 were inside her home the day Charlie died.She pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to seven counts of first-degree child cruelty, seven counts of reckless conduct, one count of second-degree child cruelty and three counts of battery. Hickey entered an Alford plea, which allows a person to maintain her innocence while acknowledging that it is in her best interest to plead guilty to charges of second-degree murder and second-degree child cruelty related to Cronmiller's death. “There is no remorse,” the baby's mother, Stephanie Cronmiller, told the court Friday. “The only thing she’s sorry about is that she got caught. I focus on forgiving myself because I chose her. How could I not think this was my fault?”Hickey was taken into custody immediately after the hearing. Jackson ordered that once Hickey is released from prison, she can’t have contact with the victims or any children younger than 13, and can’t gain financially from the case.。LGES 指出，虽然当前人们认为固态电池能够带来更长续航、更高安全性和更快充电速度，但最大的挑战仍然是大规模量产。LGES 北美总裁罗伯特 · 李指出，大规模制造是固态电池商业化面临的主要障碍：“固态电池的问题在于大规模生产。如果制造小尺寸电池，应该能够实现。

二 | 但如果需要制造非常大的电池，大多数企业仍然面临困难。”他认为，智能手机等小型设备可能会比汽车更早采用固态电池。“在智能手机中看到这项技术，可能要比在汽车中看到它早大约 10 年。在将其应用于汽车甚至储能系统之前，我预计它会首先进入一些特定应用场景。

三 | ”具体来看，“早期应用”有望包括智能手机、无人机以及高性能汽车。据IT之家了解，去年，梅赛德斯-奔驰搭载 Factorial Energy 半固态电池的原型 EQS 轿车实现单次充电行驶接近 1207 公里。宝马 i7 原型车也用上了 Solid Power 提供的全固态电池，Stellantis 也开始测试搭载半固态电池包的道奇 Charger Daytona 汽车。中国企业推进固态电池的速度更快。

四 | 比亚迪、宁德时代、吉利等企业正在展开竞争，计划于 2027 年启动试点，并在本世纪 20 年代末推动更广泛应用。不过，LGES 认为，现有锂离子电池技术仍将继续推动汽车续航和充电能力提升。目前，LGES 正在与通用汽车合作开发富锂锰（LMR）电池。

五 | 这种电池将减少镍和钴的使用，更多依赖锰。由于镍和钴价格较高，且开采过程存在环境影响，LMR 电池有望降低成本。此外，除固态电池和 LMR 电池外，LGES 也在推进更先进的锂离子电池、钠离子电池等下一代技术。