BERLIN, June 16 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) and a technology partner have mastered a battery manufacturing process called dry coating which if scaled up could cut the cost of cell production by hundreds of millions of euros a year, its battery chief said on Friday.
"No-one else can do this today," battery chief Thomas Schmall said at a media roundtable.
Dry-coating eliminates that step with an adhesive that does not require drying, Schmall explained.
Together with scaled-up production and cheaper raw materials, the carmaker hopes the procedure will help bring down cell costs by around 50%, Schmall said.
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