The race is on among automotive OEMs and their battery suppliers to make EVs run longer and charge faster to beat ICE vehicles at their game. Frank Lev looks at the importance of the incumbent graphite and the rapidly maturing silicon and how these materials interact.
Panasonic plans a four-fold increase in its annual production of electric vehicle (EV) battery cells by March 2031. By then, its batteries will have cobalt-free cathodes and are expected to reach an energy density of 1,000 Wh/l compared to 750 Wh/l of the currently produced cells – a 25% increase . . .
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