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Will they or won’t they? According to some industry stakeholders, a solid-state battery for electric vehicles will be ready to hit the road within the next few years. Others say it will take another 10 years or longer. The US startup QuantumScape is in the first camp, and it has just passed another goalpost in its quest for a roadworthy solid-state battery.
QuantumScape Ships Alpha-2 Prototype Solid-State Battery
To be clear, QuantumScape’s battery is not solid throughout. The key to the technology is an anode-free manufacturing process, in which the cell is fabricated in a discharged state. The anode assembles itself during its first charging cycle.
The anode is paired with a proprietary ceramic separator, which accounts for the solid end of things. The cathode gets a different…
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