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Samsung's New EV Battery Tech: 600-Mile Ranges, and 9-Minute Charges?

Many think this lithium-ion alternative will nearly double vehicle range and reduce charging time, dramatically changing the perception and performance of electric vehicles.

In the future, trains, planes, and trucks may also use solid state batteries, setting the stage for much wider electrification of transportation than we can visualize today. Fires from lithium-ion batteries are rare, and automakers include casing and protective measures to avoid them, but when they happen they are powerful and difficult to extinguish, sometimes taking thousands of gallons of water. For example, Redwood Materials, started by former Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, is a large scale battery recycling project in Nevada that includes Ford among its investors.

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