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It is part of our mantra at CleanTechnica that the batteries needed to make the EV revolution a full success have not yet been invented. A year ago, there were horror stories flying around the interwebs that electric cars were no good in winter. Within a month, CATL and other battery manufacturers said they had new batteries in the works that would solve or at least reduce the loss of performance of batteries in cold weather. People (usually those who have never driven an electric car) complain loudly that the today’s batteries take too long to charge. Presto, cars like the Kia EV3 are announced that can charge from 10 to 80 percent in 30 minutes. Oh, dear. What will we find to complain about next?
How about the high cost of batteries? That’s one that won’t be so easy to solve, even though several researchers are exploring new…
