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This Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range

Inside Climate News · By Dan Gearino · last updated
Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.

By Dan Gearino

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a solid-state battery that could be used to vastly expand the range of EVs, and it could unlock the ability to use batteries on short-haul aircraft and heavy trucks.

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