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'Massless' Battery Promises A 70% Increase In EV Range

11 Sep 2024 | Abstracted from New Atlas

"Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology wondered if they could build a battery that doubles as the load-bearing material holding the car together...The new battery design has an energy density of 30 Wh/kg, which is... not great by automotive standards.

"The battery design uses carbon fiber in both the anode and cathode, where it also serves as a reinforcement and a current collector. That negates the need for current collectors...

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