Shell to Tap Estonian Fast-Charging Batteries for Mining Trucks
- Skeleton Technologies’ batteries charge in 90 seconds
- Shell is seeking to become a net-zero emissions energy firm
Taavi Madiberk, CEO of Skeleton Technologies.
Source: Skeleton Technologies.
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Energy giant Shell Plc plans to use a battery developed by Estonia-based Skeleton Technologies that can charge in 90 seconds to electrify heavy-duty mining trucks.
The oil company is the first major customer of Skeleton’s SuperBattery, which uses supercapacitors that allow for far faster charging than the lithium-ion batteries typically used in electric vehicles, the Estonian firm said in a statement Wednesday. One charge can power a truck for about 30 minutes.