Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Sample of Swedish-developed massless battery can turn some of the car's structural components into batteries themselves and your battery weight effectively vanishes.
The Cell-To-Body EV Movement Is Leaving Some Automakers Flat-Footed
03 Feb 2026 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica
Cell‑to‑body EV design is accelerating, led by Chinese manufacturers who integrate battery cells directly into the vehicle structure for lower cost, higher efficiency, and better packaging. Many Western automakers are struggling to keep up, still relying on heavier, costlier boxed battery packs, leaving them at a competitive disadvantage as CTB/CTC architectures rapidly become the industry norm. |
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