Plugging away at a battery puzzle


A file photo showing the new Volkswagen ID.3 electric car, seen in a fully automatic high bay rack for delivery by the German automaker at the ‘Autostadt’ in Wolfsburg, Germany. — Reuters

VOLKSWAGEN, whose drive to develop a "solid-state" electric car battery with US startup QuantumScape has been dogged by delays, is casting its net wider in pursuit of the potentially game-changing technology.

The German auto giant is holding talks with France's Blue Solutions, which already produces solid-state batteries for Daimler electric buses, about adapting the design for cars, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.VW and Blue Solutions aim to reach a joint development agreement in the coming months, according to the source who asked not to be identified as the talks are private.

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