‘Game changing’ electric vehicle battery primed to ‘drastically reduce costs’

According to the Brussels-based campaign group Transport and Environment (TE), solid state batteries could potentially slash the carbon footprint of EV batteries by up to 39 percent compared with liquid lithium-ion batteries.

The group recently said hailed these new battery technologies as “one of the most promising chemistries being developed, to current lithium-ion technology.”

They said: “Solid state technology uses solid ceramic material instead of liquid electrolytes to carry electric current, also making the batteries lighter, faster to charge, and eventually cheaper.”

Cecilia Mattea, clean vehicles officer at TE, said: “Electric vehicles are already far better for the planet than burning oil, and the carbon footprint of batteries is falling every year.

“But solid-state technology is a step change because their higher energy density means far less materials, and therefore far less emissions, are needed to make them.”

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1709964/electric-vehicle-battery-capacity-loss-ev-costs-reduced