Solid-state batteries for electric vehicles have been grabbing headlines over the past few years, but most automakers don’t expect them to be ready for commercialization before the end of the decade. Battery companies expect several other chemistries to arrive first, including an advanced version of current lithium-ion batteries with silicon in the anodes.
“We believe silicon is the next anode technology,” Kurt Kelty, the vice president of battery and sustainability at General Motors, told me in an interview at last week’s GM Empower conference in San Francisco.
