Blue Current Appoints New CEO

Blue Current, a battery startup that created a fully dry, sustainably designed and high-performing solid-state battery, has appointed Susan Stone as its chief executive office.

Stone will lead the company to commercial production of its battery — engineered to set a new industry safety standard with no flammable liquids or gels in its composition — for electric vehicles, consumer wearables, health technologies, and other applications.

She is an award-winning executive with a proven track record in scaling companies with disruptive technologies to enhance industry impact and reach new heights. She joins Blue Current most recently from Ubiquitous Energy, where she served as a board member and investor for nearly five years before being named CEO in 2019. Stone's talent to build powerful teams and alliances has helped to significantly grow organizations' board of directors and advisors, and forge partnerships and venture backing with top industry players.

The company shared the hire news on its LinkedIn page:

Since its founding in 2014, Blue Current has prioritized the extensive time necessary in the research & development phase to disrupt the battery market and establish a new industry threshold focused on safety and performance. The resulting technology breakthrough is a unique, fully dry battery composition that significantly reduces the risk of fire and explosion when using or charging EVs, consumer technologies, medical devices, and more.

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Under Stone's leadership, Blue Current will advance the use of its batteries with leading global companies via joint research agreements and sample production, providing them with a solution that will bring a wide range of technologies to their next stage of safety standards and energy storage capabilities.