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Inexpensive Battery Charges Rapidly for Electric Vehicles, Reduces Range Anxiety

Drawing of green modern car on a road attached by a plug to a charging station
A thermally modulated battery for mass-market electric vehicles without range anxiety and with unsurpassed safety, low cost, and containing no cobalt, is being developed by a team of Penn State engineers.
 IMAGE: CHAO-YANG WANG’S LAB, PENN STATE

Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.

“We developed a pretty clever battery for mass-market electric vehicles with cost parity with combustion engine vehicles,” said Chao-Yang Wang, William E...

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