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IBM: Lithium air battery prototype in 2013, production in 2020
Researchers are working on a lithium air battery that will make electric vehicles as practical as internal combustion cars are today.
For all the leaps and advances electric vehicles have made in the last couple of years, they still have a way to go before they become practical enough or cheap enough to be the typical family car. But IBM is working on a battery that will put an end to range anxiety, able to power a vehicle for 500 miles.
IBM researchers at four of the technology giant's laboratories are testing a lithium air battery. Dubbed the Battery500 Project, … Read more
