If electric cars are the future, we had better figure out how to reduce the environmental and human cost of their batteries.

Electric vehicles are the future, but their batteries are stuck in the past

Advanced Transport

Lithium-ion and lead-acid car batteries have serious environmental and human costs. If electric vehicles are going to dominate, we need an alternative.

Electric Vehicles Are the Future, but Their Batteries Are Stuck in the Past

Unsustainable materials. Dangerous work conditions. We need better car batteries to power our future.

Tech giants recently invested $65 million in the company.

A Massachusetts company claims to be close to a solid-state battery

Earth & Energy

Could we finally be close to having a solid-state battery? One small Massachusetts company claims that their new material may unlock this technology.

A Massachusetts Company Claims to Be Close to a Solid-State Battery

A new polymer could be the key to safer, better batteries.

Hard Science

A new battery uses glass and sodium to hold more power, provide longer charges, and last longer than the lithium-ion batteries we currently use.

Remarkable New Battery Can Hold Three Times as Much Energy

And it won’t make your phone explode, either.

SolidEnergy plans to make "holy grail of batteries"--a lithium metal battery with twice as much capacity than any available today. The company plans for their technology to be commercially available soon.

New Battery Breakthrough Could Double Your Smartphone’s Life

Maybe now we can actually get a full day out of our phones.

Robots & Machines

This new battery technology could potentially end the hassles of overheating batteries and related fires. 

New Battery From Stanford Can Turn Itself On and Off

Construction on Tesla’s $5 billion manufacturing factory is ahead of schedule and has already started producing Tesla Energy products.

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Electric Vehicles Are the Future, but Their Batteries Are Stuck in the Past

A Massachusetts Company Claims to Be Close to a Solid-State Battery

Remarkable New Battery Can Hold Three Times as Much Energy

New Battery Breakthrough Could Double Your Smartphone’s Life

New Battery From Stanford Can Turn Itself On and Off

Tesla Gigafactory Ahead of Schedule — Production Already Underway

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