Though Elon Musk is not the only entrepreneur betting on the bright future of electricity storage, his virtue and his strength, the thread running through his multiple businesses, is the anticipation of technological breakthroughs
Tesla, Musk’s automotive and battery enterprise, remains in the forefront not because of still unexceptional sales but by pushing the limits of technical feasibility unrelentingly – riding a wave of ever lower lithium-ion battery prices, higher energy density and technological revolution of solid state batteries
In lock step with China’s ambitious new energy efficient mandates, automakers are committing to ambitious global electrical vehicle strategies and engaging in major R&D efforts on focused on solid state batteries


