Li-ion battery cost improvements grossly underestimated, MIT report says
MIT report finds rate of improvement for lithium-ion cell price grossly underestimated, because most analyses only measure one battery performance characteristic.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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VW’s Power Day shows electric vehicles have arrived, but can it catch Tesla?
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Nissan Leaf batteries are being re-purposed for use in factory robots
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Volkswagen’s EV power play: Build six battery factories and slash cell costs by half
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