While the industry is familiar with the battery and its BMS (battery management system), very few are aware of the critical need for a missing third layer, the Battery Intelligence System (BIS) needed to enable the leap in battery yield, energy density, and lifetime the industry is calling for. Battery Intelligence Systems are needed to leverage the latent value sitting in data that companies are collecting today, including but not limited to: data generated in battery factories in Asia, product OEMs around the globe, and ‘data lakes’ collecting data from systems in the field. • The need for Battery Intelligence • State of the industry: insufficient resources to meet aggressive electrification goals • State of data today: “Treating it like a mushroom and watching it grow” • Automation of standard analyses • Traceability with Battery Digital Twins Author - Dr Tal Sholklapper, CEO, Voltaiq