(From left) Coreshell Technologies' Roger Basu, Jose Rodriguez and Jonathan Tan at one of the company's labs in Richmond, California, US. — Reuters
Lithium-ion batteries are essential to electric vehicles, but they have drawbacks: They are hard to make and degrade over time.
A San Leandro, California-based start-up on Aug 13 said it had raised US$4mil (RM16.75mil) in funding and is working with German chemical giant BASF SE on a new technology to tackle those problems, aiming one day to reduce the cost of lithium ion batteries while boosting their capacities and extending their lifetimes.
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