What companies to look out for for next Gen battery/energy storage developments?
Not sure how to word this… But who should I be following in terms of battery/energy storage research and development companies? I’m less interested in start ups and more interested in bigger companies who are investing heavily in R&D
Look at the “Just Have A Think” channel on YouTube. He examines all the new battery techs, and revisits them periodically to see how they’re being developed etc
The big companies are ignoring the sector and just plan on buying the most profitable startups that look promising.
So ignore the fortune 1000 entirely and invest in smaller companies that are hiring engineers in chemistry if your goal is to invest effectively in battery technology.
But you are missing the advances in metallurgy (superconducting metals are making great strides), mechanical engineering (flywheel technology is taking advantage of new micro-controlled magnetic bearings) and physics.
I’m interested in batteries/energy storage science and want to know who’s the big players in R&D big picture stuff, so yeah cars included but that’s not like my specific interest.
Automotive batteries and grid storage are probably going to be separate. Car batteries (or e-bikes, for that matter) need high capacity in the lowest weight. Grid storage cares a lot less about weight; they want the lowest cost per MWh.
Flow batteries, in particular, are something to keep an eye on.
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