Battery Technology Advisory

THE PROBLEM WE’RE FACING

Battery Manufacturing Gap — FORGE Energy Solutions

Battery manufacturing is a national security issue for America

China North America
China: 812 (2023), 1307 (2024), 1980 (2025). North America: 75 (2023), 102 (2024), 105 (2025).

Source: Volta Foundation 2024 & 2025 Annual Report

16.4%
CAGR shows that the industry is expected to grow
Source: Grandview Research: Battery Market Trend
>86%
More than 75% of Li-ion batteries are made in China last year
65%
Most of the focus is on LFP Battery Chemistry
Source: Volta Foundation 2025 Annual Report

China currently publishes more well cited articles than the rest of the world combined.

Share of highly cited battery publications between 2018 and 2022, by country

China: 68.3%, United States: 10.4%, South Korea: 3.7%, Others: 17.6%.

Source: Carnegie Endowment / ASPI Critical Technology Tracker 2018–2022

FORGE Energy Solutions is the advisory arm of GUS Technology Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese Tier 1 lithium-ion cell manufacturer with active production and next-generation cell development programs.

WHO ARE WE

Few advisory teams have worked across this range of chemistries — and fewer still have taken them from cell development to production.

That breadth is what makes our advisory different — we know what's real, what's ready, and what's still years from a production line.


NCM · LMR · LFP · SiC · NbO · LTO · TNO · Hard Carbon · and More

WHAT WE DO

Battery Technology Advisory

  • Cell chemistry selection and qualification — matched to your platform, not the market

  • Allied-nation cell sourcing — verified, available, and production-ready

  • Battery technology validation — before it becomes a program commitment

Our clients are program leads and engineers — at the integrator or the program office — facing a battery decision that's just become urgent. The platform is real, the timeline is fixed, and the usual answers aren't enough anymore.


Because when the battery underperforms or fails compliance, it's not a technical problem.

It's a mission problem.

Meet the Team

  • Michael Hsiung

    Chief Executive Officer

    Mikey works at the edge of energy storage — taking novel cell chemistry and turning it into hardened military products ready for procurement. At FORGE Energy Solutions, he brings together advanced manufacturing, defense customers, and next-generation technology to power American advantage.

  • Prem Chandan, Ph.D.

    Chief Technology Officer

    From hard carbon and silicon anodes to LMR, LTO, niobium oxide, and solid-state, Prem has commercialized over ten distinct cell chemistries — turning lab breakthroughs into products customers can actually deploy. At FORGE Energy Solutions, he works directly with defense customers to match the right chemistry to the mission.

  • Chloe Hong

    Chief Financial Officer

    Investment Banker. Tech Operator. Harvard & LSE. From IPOs at HSBC to decades leading analytics and product teams at top U.S. tech companies, Chloe brings the rigor of finance and the instincts of a builder to every venture she touches.

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