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This EV Battery Can Go 1,000 Miles On A Single Charge

11 Jun 2024 | Abstracted from Fast Company

"The battery uses lithium metal rather than lithium ion...24M designed a unique separator that helps prevent the formation of dendrites—needle-like bits of metal that can build up on the surface of lithium and cause shorts and fires...The design is simpler to manufacture than lithium-ion batteries, with fewer steps...because 24M’s system avoids the binder, it’s possible to skip the complicated recycling process..."

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