A virtual power plant is only as good as the batteries in it, and a charging network is only as safe as the cells it fills. Digital DNA™, built by C4V, gives both a verified record of what every battery is made of, where it came from and how it will behave.
The Platform
From understanding materials at the smallest scale, to linking every record across a battery's life, to AI that predicts what happens next.
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A reference library that profiles every important battery material — cathodes, anodes, electrolytes and separators — built on more than a decade of laboratory research. Each material carries a unique, searchable fingerprint, so chemistries can be compared side by side and known failure modes traced back to material traits.
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One connected, searchable record linking every stage of a battery's life: mine, material, electrode, cell, pack and field behaviour. Tamper-proof checkpoints at each handoff mean provenance is preserved and nothing is lost between the factory and the grid.
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Physics-informed AI that forecasts how a battery will age, flags fire risk well before it becomes dangerous, and tunes day-to-day usage to extend life — with a measure of confidence attached to every prediction.
Why It Matters Here
Bidding a virtual power plant into a grid programme means promising megawatts hours in advance. Knowing the true state of health of every battery in the fleet turns that promise from an estimate into a commitment.
Verified provenance and ageing records support warranty claims, second-life valuation and financing — the things that decide whether an energy asset is bankable.
Early warning of thermal risk protects homes with batteries in a VPP programme, and depots where fleets charge overnight.
How It Fits
Battery intelligence tells the platform what an asset can safely do. The platform dispatches it, meters it and pays for it.
About C4V
C4V (Charge CCCV) is a battery technology company with in-house intellectual property across cathode and anode materials, cell design and gigafactory deployment. Digital DNA™ is its battery intelligence platform, and the full technical detail — platform architecture, cell specifications and research insights — lives on the C4V site.
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