Leading global automakers are suddenly going coo-coo for solid-state batteries, and for good reason. New solid-state technology promises longer range in a lighter, slimmer package than the current crop of EV batteries. To some skeptics, that’s a lot of hot air, but a new round of $200 million in funding for the US energy storage innovator Factorial Energy indicates that cool, calm room temperature is the real story.
Solid-State Batteries & The Temperature Question
Lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to platform for vehicle electrification, and according to widespread consensus the prospects are good for additional performance enhancements. However, another widespread consensus says that a totally new architecture would be more simple, and more better.
That would be solid-state technology, in which the liquid electrolyte used in Li-ion batteries is replaced with something…
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