The Trouble With Comparing Next-Gen Car Batteries
As manufacturers seek to move beyond lithium-ion, they face one big challenge: There’s no yardstick for measuring performance.
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“The storage battery is … a mechanism for swindling,” the esteemed scientist said. “Its efficiency after a certain number of charges … begins to diminish, and its capacity and efficiency both diminish after a certain time.”
The year was 1883. The speaker was Thomas Edison.