A team of chemists and engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new type of electrolyte chemistry for lithium batteries that could tolerate temperature extremes.
They published their research in the science journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
What You Need To Know
UC San Diego scientists created a new electrolyte chemistry of lithium batteries
The lithium batteries can operate well in temperatures between -40 and 122 degrees
The batteries could increase the driving range of EVs up to 200% on a single charge in cold and hot climates
Powering up EVs
We could use this new chemistry to develop more sustainable EV batteries.
UCSD’s temperature-resilient batteries could be beneficial to electric vehicles. Their batteries could help EVs in colder and warmer climates travel farther on a single charge.
“The chemistries we are…