For U.S. companies, the race for the new EV battery is on
I remember a few years ago reading a article that promised a liquid &#x27;fuel&#x27; that would recharge batteries. The idea being that you would pull into a gas station and expel your uncharged liquid and refill with charged liquid.<p>The liquid stuff might be a pipe dream, but I think the goal should be for electric cars to have a &#x27;instant&#x27; fill up option shortly. Having a network of such stations greatly aleviates issues of trying to squeeze every last watt hour out of every battery and lets range anxiety be less important. I dont really care as much if my car only gets 200 miles range if I can fill up in 2 minutes at any existing gas station.<p>Filling up of course can mean anything from the liquid fuel meme idea above to a fast battery-swap to some megawatt based &#x27;super fast&#x27; charger. It really doesnt matter