Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) have increased over the last three decades, being today the best choice for energy storage due to their cyclability, larger capacity, and high power. Numerous challenges need to be tackled given the increasing use of electric vehicle applications, such as achieving higher energy density and power densities. Active materials that accommodate further Li-ions could improve the LiB energy density. Silicon is a promising active material due to its almost ten times higher theoretical capacity (3576 mAh/g) than commercial graphite (372 mAh/g). Nevertheless, silicon undergoes a significant volume change upon cycling that provokes electric connectivity loss from the current collector and increased strain, reducing cycle life. Improving silicon cycling issues has become crucial for advanced electric vehicles LiBs. Several strategies can improve silicon cycling problematics, such as carbon-coated nanostructured electrodes, which have demonstrated a better-cycled life and improved pulverization by avoiding direct contact with the electrolyte and forming a well-behaved solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Furthermore, mixing silicon with graphite to develop composites has improved aging behavior and capacity retention by creating a conductive matrix that sustains silicon volume expansion. A growing interest in improving LiBs cycle life is also linked to optimizing the battery manufacturing process. This process includes multiple steps, such as the slurry preparation and the coating, solvent drying, electrode calendering, and cell assembly. Optimizing the fabrication steps aims to improve the energy density, cycling rate, and stability. Since silicon has recently been added to advanced batteries, few studies have addressed the optimization of the manufacturing steps. Today, much of the silicon added in advanced batteries for electric vehicles is combined with graphite. In particular, Si is added in low contents (< 10% wt) to boost the electrode capacity while buffering silicon volume expansion and benefiting from the well-behaved graphite cycling.