{"id":24,"date":"2019-05-20T14:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airenergy.de\/en\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:30:05","slug":"firmengeschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.airenergy.de\/en\/firmengeschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

History<\/h3>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Timeline<\/h3>
1997 Our first project, a self-launching electric glider takes off for the first time with NiCd batteries\n\n2003 Entry into the Li-Ion technology market with the development of the first battery management system\n\n2004 Delivery of the first Li-Ion battery system for an electric boat (220V \/ 40kWh)\n\n2005 Delivery of the first battery for an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)\n\n2006 Delivery of the first battery for a hybrid vehicle (620V \/ 87kWh)\n\n2006 Start of cooperation (cooperation agreement) with Solar Impulse as a specialised partner for the traction battery of the solar-powered aircraft\n\n2008 Delivery of first traction batteries for the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse I project\n\n2015 First flight of the eCavalon with a batterysystem developed by Air Energy\n\n2016 Complete circumnavigation of the world by the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse II with batteries from Air Energy\n

2017 Expansion and move into the 3rd floor at Zollamstra\u00dfe 10 <\/span><\/p>\n

2017 Development and construction of two battery systems for the aerobatic aircraft Siemens Extra 330LE <\/span><\/p>\n

2018 Delivery of HV-batteries for the electric aircraft Siemens Extra 330LE\n<\/span>\n\n

2018 Series start of 150 air-cooled power batteries for vertical launch aircraft (EVTOL)<\/span><\/p>\n

2018 Completion of two water-cooled batteries with an output of 1 MW\n<\/span>\n\n

2018 First automotive battery for charging at ultra fast charging stations (300 kW) <\/span><\/p>\n

2018 First fast charge of the automotive battery with a charge time of 1 \u00bd minutes to an SoC of 90 %\n<\/span>\n\n

2019 \u2013 Series production begins for 150 air-cooled high-performance batteries designed for a vertical take-off aircraft (eVTOL)<\/p>\n

2019 \u2013 Acquisition of a 5,000 m\u00b2 site in Aachen for the construction of our new development and production facility<\/p>\n

2020 \u2013 Start of production of two smart battery systems for an industrial drone and a cargo drone<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Relocation to our new company headquarters in the Brand business park<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Construction of the largest and heaviest battery ever built by Air Energy<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Series production scaled to an annual output of more than 500 drone batteries<\/p>\n

2024 \u2013 First manned flight with our new BMS generation in the eGenius<\/p>\n

2025 \u2013 Delivery of water-cooled high-performance batteries for a heavy cargo drone to Abu Dhabi<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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