Our cover story this issue looks behind the shiny snake-oil of lithium manufacturers confidently boasting that all is well with lithium batteries for tomorrow’s EV and energy storage industry. We look at why most lithium chemistries contain nothing worth recycling — rather they are an expense that nobody knows yet how to solve. Or not credibly at any rate.
We have a special profile of Bob Galyen — a man who has been at the cutting edge of developing lead batteries and later did the same for lithium ones.
We also review the last ELBC meeting, always a highlight of the year and speculate that this last event — being held in a virtual format because of the pandemic — could well be the template for conferences in the future
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