New EV Battery Materials Will Beget New Dilemmas
Breaking down the chemistry forecasts within BloombergNEF’s annual Electric Vehicle Outlook.
A prototype of Toyota's solid-state battery.
Source: Toyota
Improvements in the energy density of electric-vehicles batteries have been driven by advancements in cathodes over the past decade. The next incremental gains in performance and cost are expected to come from emerging technologies in other components, including next-generation anodes, solid-state batteries and sodium-ion cells.