John Goodenough, coinventor of the lithium-ion battery, heads a team of researchers developing the technology that could one day supplant it. Photo: Cockrell School of Engineering
spectrum.ieee.org - by Mark Anderson - March 3, 2017
Electric car purchases have been on the rise lately, posting an estimated 60 percent growth rate last year. They’re poised for rapid adoption by 2022, when EVs are projected to cost the same as internal combustion cars. However, these estimates all presume the incumbent lithium-ion battery remains the go-to EV power source. So, when researchers this week at the University of Texas at Austin unveiled a new, promising lithium- or sodium-glass battery technology, it threatened to accelerate even rosy projections for battery-powered cars.
