Volkswagen (VW) has reportedly bought a stake in battery startup QuantumScape with the aim of developing batteries that can more than triple the range of its EVs.
QuantumScape, founded in 2010 by former Stanford University researchers, is licensing tech from the ARPA-E funded ‘All Electron Battery’ Stanford project, which is developing a so-called ‘solid-state’ battery as an alternative to liquid electrolyte-based lithium-ion.
GS Yuasa, the Kyoto-based Japanese battery manufacturer with experience from lead-acid and lithium-ion battery chemistry for a variety of vehicles, and for aviation and space applications, announced a...
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