IT · 2026-11-12
LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI Win CES 2027 Innovation Awards: Two Paths in Battery Technology
LG Energy Solution will be honored for its Re.Pulse software, which diagnoses the condition of used batteries, while Samsung SDI will receive a CES 2027 Innovation Award for a UPS battery for AI data centers. The two technologies target very different challenges: battery reuse and stable power supply.
Battery technology competition is expanding beyond EV driving performance into the reuse of end-of-life batteries and power stability for data centers. LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI are each set to win CES 2027 Innovation Awards for battery technologies in different fields. According to a report by Kyunghyang Shinmun, LG Energy Solution will be recognized in the Advanced Mobility category for its used-battery diagnostic solution, while Samsung SDI will be honored in the Enterprise Tech category for a backup battery for data centers.
Used batteries diagnosed in under 10 minutes
LG Energy Solution’s Re.Pulse is a software technology that diagnoses the condition of batteries used in electric vehicles. It sends a specific current pulse through the battery, measures the resulting voltage changes, and then evaluates the battery’s state of health and remaining performance using an AI-based model. The company says the diagnosis takes less than 10 minutes.
Understanding a battery’s condition helps determine its next use. Depending on performance and condition, it can be reused, remanufactured to restore performance, or recycled to recover resources. LG Energy Solution previously won an Innovation Award for its battery life-improvement technology, Better.Re, and will now receive the honor for two consecutive years with pure software technology.
A battery that supplies backup power to AI data centers
The product Samsung SDI will be recognized for is the SDI U8A3-UPS, a prismatic battery solution used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. A UPS is a system that provides emergency power to critical facilities such as data centers when power is suddenly cut off, as in a blackout. The product uses prismatic battery cells made with lithium manganese oxide (LMO) materials, and according to the company, it offers high output and energy density while improving space efficiency by 33% compared with existing products. Samsung SDI will receive the Innovation Award for the third straight year after first exhibiting the product at the 2025 event.
The significance of these two awards lies in the growing diversity of demands surrounding batteries. One side helps determine the condition of used batteries quickly so they can be put to their next use, while the other provides a backup power solution needed for data centers. What stands out is that technologies supporting battery lifecycle management and technologies enabling stable power supply are being highlighted together. That said, actual use in the field and performance may vary depending on the environment and operating conditions in which each technology is applied.
Source: Kyunghyang Shinmun
Used batteries diagnosed in under 10 minutes
LG Energy Solution’s Re.Pulse is a software technology that diagnoses the condition of batteries used in electric vehicles. It sends a specific current pulse through the battery, measures the resulting voltage changes, and then evaluates the battery’s state of health and remaining performance using an AI-based model. The company says the diagnosis takes less than 10 minutes.
Understanding a battery’s condition helps determine its next use. Depending on performance and condition, it can be reused, remanufactured to restore performance, or recycled to recover resources. LG Energy Solution previously won an Innovation Award for its battery life-improvement technology, Better.Re, and will now receive the honor for two consecutive years with pure software technology.
A battery that supplies backup power to AI data centers
The product Samsung SDI will be recognized for is the SDI U8A3-UPS, a prismatic battery solution used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. A UPS is a system that provides emergency power to critical facilities such as data centers when power is suddenly cut off, as in a blackout. The product uses prismatic battery cells made with lithium manganese oxide (LMO) materials, and according to the company, it offers high output and energy density while improving space efficiency by 33% compared with existing products. Samsung SDI will receive the Innovation Award for the third straight year after first exhibiting the product at the 2025 event.
The significance of these two awards lies in the growing diversity of demands surrounding batteries. One side helps determine the condition of used batteries quickly so they can be put to their next use, while the other provides a backup power solution needed for data centers. What stands out is that technologies supporting battery lifecycle management and technologies enabling stable power supply are being highlighted together. That said, actual use in the field and performance may vary depending on the environment and operating conditions in which each technology is applied.
Source: Kyunghyang Shinmun
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