A Canadian company is leapfrogging current lithium-ion chemistries to focus on the “Holy Grail” of battery technology.
Markham, Ont.-based Li-Metal Corp. has begun producing high-performance anodes that could cut battery weight by half while turning vehicle range into an afterthought, said Dean Frankel, the company’s chief commercial officer.
“Lithium metal is widely considered to be the Holy Grail of batteries,” he said. “Unless we invent new elements, it really is as good as it gets for the negative half of the battery.”