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BNEF: Mass commercialization of solid-state batteries expected post-2030

Yayoi Sekine · Pricing and tech trends shaping the global battery storage market · Feb 8, 2024 · at 28:27

Yayoi Sekine of BloombergNEF assesses the technological challenges and development timelines facing solid-state battery startups such as QuantumScape.

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“Our view is in terms of mass commercialization, that's probably, like, around, like, post- twenty-thirty, with a lot of investment actually going into that now.”

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