MIT Development May Boost Electric Vehicles Battery Life Significantly

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed battery cells capable of taking on a charge in under a minute, which is a rate 100 times faster than standard rechargeable batteries.

Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Cedar figured out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in seconds. The compound is the lithium iron phosphate found in many li-ion batteries common to electric vehicles, which means that this charging system could be on the market in as little as two years.

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