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Volkswagen invests USD$100m in solid-state battery research firm

Michael Allan McCrae | June 22, 2018 | 2:25 am Base Metals Battery Metals Cobalt Copper Lithium Nickel 

Volkswagen is investing USD$100m in QuantumScape to accelerate the commercialization of its solid-state battery business. Solid-state batteries are a rival technology to lithium-ion batteries with advantages such as higher energy density, enhanced safety, fast-charging capability and significantly less space requirements. A successful...

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