The Year Ahead

Battery Startups Work on New Ways to Power EVs, With Less Hassle

One day you may be able to charge your car while cruising down the highway.
Photographer: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

Britishvolt

Because of Brexit, the U.K.’s auto industry has little time to localize production of batteries. The deal reached late in 2020 requires 30% of the content of battery packs for U.K.-built cars to be sourced domestically; the regulation gets tougher in 2024. Britishvolt Ltd. is the only company so far to announce plans to start battery production in the country. Dimitra Kessenides

Form Energy Inc.