[ 13/12/20 ]
The breakthroughs continue – now a battery technology that seems likely to work – they need to get to practical scalable manufacture, but it looks solid so far. 15minutes to 80% charge, 500km range, solid state electrolyte – so no fire risk.
Should be in place in 5 years.
This makes electric vehicles safer than petrol.
Summary here:
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/12/09/quantumscape-finally-unstealths-with-breakthrough-performance-in-solid-state-batteries/
Full expert panel zoom conference here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGnPSkXKb0I&ab_channel=QuantumScape
