Continued 7.-Solid state batteries, when to get on the car?

The problem facing Bolloré’s solid-state batteries is exactly what all solid-state battery manufacturers need to tackle: the difference between the inside and outside of the laboratory. In November of this year, QuantumScape, an American solid-state battery startup with a market value exceeding Ford Motor’s, announced that the battery cell prototype maintained more than 80% of…

Continued 6.-Solid state batteries: when to get on the car?

Although solid-state batteries have been identified as the “terminator” of liquid lithium-ion batteries, there is always one person who does not think so.   He is Elon Musk. Contrary to the eagerness of major automobile companies towards solid-state batteries, Elon Musk and his Tesla have always kept quiet and distance from this new technology.  …

Continued 4.-Solid state batteries, when to get on the car?

Starting from the introduction of liquid lithium batteries into the electric vehicle field by Tesla in 2008, traditional liquid lithium-ion batteries have dominated the power battery market for more than ten years. The contradiction among energy density, safety requirements, cruising range, cost targets and liquid lithium-ion batteries is irreconcilable. To achieve the energy density target…

Continued 3.-Solid state batteries: when to get on the car?

In 2008, Tesla installed lithium-ion batteries on the Roadster, a sports car that has completely subverted the century-old automobile industry.   A mythical car story of lithium batteries So far, lithium-ion batteries have completed three generations of technology: lithium cobalt oxide cathode is the first generation, lithium manganate and lithium iron phosphate Lifepo4 batteries are…