EVs could travel five times further with new battery tech – Automotive Technology

A brand new sort of automotive battery expertise could possibly be used to extend the vary of electrical autos (EVs) by as much as 5 occasions.

Scientists on the College of Michigan have developed an answer that allows lithium-sulpher batteries, which have a a lot larger capability than the lithium-ion expertise at the moment utilized in EVs, for use in automotive purposes.

Lithium-sulpher batteries had been beforehand unsuitable for EVs as they might solely be cycled (discharged and recharged) 10 occasions, fairly than the 1,000-plus that’s required.