Even After You Fix the Explosions, Superbatteries Are Hard to Make

QuantumScape has released its first data, and battery scientists are impressed

Steve LeVine
The Mobilist
Published in
6 min readDec 8, 2020

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A lithium ion battery for the VW ID.3
Photo: Jan Woitas/picture alliance/Getty Images

A half century ago, Exxon pioneered, then abandoned a blockbuster new battery based on pure metallic lithium, a light element that packed the most energy punch of anything on the market, but also ignited dangerous…

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Steve LeVine
The Mobilist

Editor at Large, Medium, covering the turbulence all around us, electric vehicles, batteries, social trends. Writing The Mobilist. Ex-Axios, Quartz, WSJ, NYT.