Most EVs today are powered by lithium ion batteries, the current king of battery tech. But other batteries are now inching into the market for electric cars. We now have sodium ion batteries, offering cheap prices on some Chinese cars this year. And solid state batteries could be in cars within perhaps 5 years, letting cars go further on a single charge.
Look even further ahead and we might have lithium air batteries, which can really pack power in, running planes and air taxis.
Read all about it in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00325-z
Nice graph in the article!
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