History

History

AIR ENERGY was founded in 1992 as a development-oriented company with the aim to develop and build a man-carrying, purely electrically-powered motor glider. Upon successful completion of this project, Air Energy focused on the Li-Ion battery market emerging at the turn of the century, while starting collaboration with a Korean cell manufacturer. In 2004, our Li-Ion battery system was first used to power an electric boat. In the following years, we developed batteries for hybrid or pure electric road vehicles, robotics, autonomous underwater vehicles, and many other applications.

Timeline

1997 Our first project, a self-launching electric glider takes off for the first time with NiCd batteries 2003 Entry into the Li-Ion technology market with the development of the first battery management system 2004 Delivery of the first Li-Ion battery system for an electric boat (220V / 40kWh) 2005 Delivery of the first battery for an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) 2006 Delivery of the first battery for a hybrid vehicle (620V / 87kWh) 2006 Start of cooperation (cooperation agreement) with Solar Impulse as a specialised partner for the traction battery of the solar-powered aircraft 2008 Delivery of first traction batteries for the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse I project 2015 First flight of the eCavalon with a batterysystem developed by Air Energy 2016 Complete circumnavigation of the world by the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse II with batteries from Air Energy

2017 Expansion and move into the 3rd floor at Zollamstraße 10

2017 Development and construction of two battery systems for the aerobatic aircraft Siemens Extra 330LE

2018 Delivery of HV-batteries for the electric aircraft Siemens Extra 330LE

2018 Series start of 150 air-cooled power batteries for vertical launch aircraft (EVTOL)

2018 Completion of two water-cooled batteries with an output of 1 MW

2018 First automotive battery for charging at ultra fast charging stations (300 kW)

2018 First fast charge of the automotive battery with a charge time of 1 ½ minutes to an SoC of 90 %

2019 – Series production begins for 150 air-cooled high-performance batteries designed for a vertical take-off aircraft (eVTOL)

2019 – Acquisition of a 5,000 m² site in Aachen for the construction of our new development and production facility

2020 – Start of production of two smart battery systems for an industrial drone and a cargo drone

2023 – Relocation to our new company headquarters in the Brand business park

2023 – Construction of the largest and heaviest battery ever built by Air Energy

2023 – Series production scaled to an annual output of more than 500 drone batteries

2024 – First manned flight with our new BMS generation in the eGenius

2025 – Delivery of water-cooled high-performance batteries for a heavy cargo drone to Abu Dhabi