EV Battery Prices, Battery Lifetime, & Battery Breakthroughs (Cleantech Talk #7)
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This week’s Cleantech Talk news episode is something like a “battery special.” Chris DeMorro and I talk about new research highlighting the fast-dropping price of electric vehicle batteries, the wide variation in the lifetimes of different lithium-ion cells, and VW’s stake in solid-state battery startup QuantumScape. We started off the show chatting about new research highlighting a “hidden benefit” of EVs. Enjoy the show, and chime in down in the comments, or in the comments of the articles about these topics, if you want to carry on the conversation.
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Here are the stories we (mostly) talked about this week:
Hidden Benefits Of Electric Cars, Even More “Environmentally Friendly” Than Previously Thought
EV Battery Costs Already ‘Probably’ Cheaper Than 2020 Projections
Battery Tests Show Some Lithium-Ion Cells Last Over 5x Longer
Volkswagen To Decide On Solid-State Batteries By July
Note that we have a special edition of Cleantech Talk coming next week in which we interview Ian Wright of Wrightspeed. Ian was an early member of the Tesla crew, and is now working to electrify trucking.
Image by Zachary Shahan | EV Obsession | CleanTechnica (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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