Long-time Slashdot reader ClarkMills writes:

Not just anybody but [lithium-ion battery pioneer] Jeff Dahn [et al.] released a paper detailing
cells that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) and last at least two decades in grid energy storage.”

The new lithium-ion battery cell has a next-generation “single crystal” NMC cathode and a new advanced electrolyte, according to the site Electrotek. “We are talking about battery cells that last two to three times longer than Tesla’s current battery cells.”

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