BMW, Ford expand solid state battery stakes with Solid Power
BMW and Ford lead funding round in solid-state battery developer Solid Power and will expand joint development agreements with the company.
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Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology and has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018. She 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.
How electric car batteries are improving: materials, energy density and price
Mainstream take up of electric vehicles will depend on improvements to lithium-ion batteries and efforts to increase energy density and reduce manufacturing costs.
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EV start-up Rivian secures Samsung SDI to supply batteries
Rivian announces it will source batteries for its R1T electric ute (pickup) and R1S electric SUV from South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI.
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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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Six-minute EV battery one step closer as Magnis reports successful test results
Magnis reports promising results indicating major step towards goal for "extra-fast charging" electric vehicle battery that can charge in just six minutes.
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Warmed-up electric car batteries could be cheaper, safer and last two million miles
Researchers say warmed-up LFP batteries - the same chemistry used in the China-made Tesla Model 3 - could be safer, cheaper and last for 3.6 million km of driving.
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