This page has been created to keep track of advancements in the battery industry, and provide a list of companies working on them, in the hopes that we are able to get some next-generation battery cells for future cars.
Names to follow:
- John B Goodenough (researcher at University of Texas at Austin)
- Helped invent RAM
- Invented Li-ion batteries
- Working on Solid State Batteries
- Maria Helena Braga
- Researcher with John B Goodenough
- Jeff Dahn
- Researching with Tesla
- Researcher at Dalhousie
Lithium - Metal Batteries
Solid Energy Systems (http://www.solidenergysystems.com/)
- A Spin-off from an MIT lab, this company has commercialized a lithium-metal battery, claiming 2x the energy density of current Li-ion cells. According to their timeline, they plan to produce cells for EVs in 2020.
- Apollo EV battery: http://www.solidenergysystems.com/apollo/
- As far as I can tell, these batteries are not just being talked about, they are in production and actually making and using them.
- They have a partnership with what was A123 systems.
- 450Wh/kg batteries currently being made.
Solid State Batteries
Some info from here:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/environment/a-glass-battery-that-keeps-getting-better
Ilika
Solid Power
Toyota (Claimed to be announcing something to coincide with the 2020 Olympics?)
Zinc-Air
- Large scale grid storage
Flow Batteries
- Large scale grid storage