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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by nomel on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:29PM (#46507208)
if you look at the history of the lithium ion battery [1], this is exactly what happened, except from a single man. none of the existing manufacturers could stomach the shift to something new, except for sony, which needed a better battery for their camcorder, eventually resulting in a nobel prize.

[1] https://youtu.be/AGglJehON5g

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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by Aloisius on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:56PM (#46507416)
No company involved in lithium ion batteries just popped up out of nowhere.

Whittingham worked for ExxonMobil. Akira Yoshino worked at a joint venture of Toshiba and Asahi Kasei. And Yoshio Nishi worked at Sony.

They were all giant well-established companies.

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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by brokencode on Monday January 05, 2026 @08:42PM (#46507741)
Plus, every major battery and car company is chasing solid state battery technology as the holy grail. And lots of startups.
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Re:Worlds's first all-solid-state battery ready to power up ... by _heimdall on Monday January 05, 2026 @08:45PM (#46507767)
When I was buying lithium ion cells a few years ago for a custom off-grid battery build, CATL cells had the best reviews and testing results around.

They were founded in 2011 as a spin-off from ATL, itself founded in 1999 by a Chinese billionaire (Robin Zeng). They definitely didn't pop up out of nowhere.

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