{"id":3903,"date":"2025-01-22T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:40:41","slug":"honda-xcelerator-ventures-welcomes-sonocharge-energy-to-its-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/ja\/honda-xcelerator-ventures-welcomes-sonocharge-energy-to-its-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Xcelerator Ventures Welcomes Sonocharge Energy to Its Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-3205\" src=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sonocharge-logo-and-mark-01.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sonocharge-logo-and-mark-01.png 600w, https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sonocharge-logo-and-mark-01-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Honda Xcelerator Ventures is proud to welcome Sonocharge Energy to its portfolio as part of their recently announced $23.5M funding round. This round was led by ClimateTech venture capital firm Cycle Capital with participation from Honda, Khosla Ventures, Temasek, and non-dilutive funding partners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sonocharge Energy is revolutionizing battery technology with its innovative acoustic wave-induced electrolytic motion, enabling batteries to last longer, charge faster, and operate more safely. These advancements are vital to extending the performance and range of batteries used in e-mobility and energy storage applications.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cThis technology holds great potential for Honda as it aligns with our goal of reducing environmental impact and improving convenience for EV users,\u201d said Manabu Ozawa, Managing Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The funding will support Sonocharge Energy in advancing R&amp;D, optimizing customer use cases, and scaling for commercial deployment. We are thrilled to support this groundbreaking technology that\u2019s set to transform the future of electrification and sustainable mobility.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>About Sonocharge Energy<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Sonocharge Energy, Inc is developing a platform solution to improve battery performance with acoustic wave induced electrolytic motion to overcome charging performance and improve safety in lithium batteries. The novel technology provides a reduced-cost solution that extends battery life for e-mobility and various energy storage applications. Sonocharge is currently recruiting for various positions, for more information on the company, visit:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonochargeenergy.com\">https:\/\/www.sonochargeenergy.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda Xcelerator Ventures is proud to welcome Sonocharge Energy to its portfolio as part of their recently ann [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"ja","_original_post":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/?p=3204","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portfolio","ja"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3904,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/3904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}