Ultra-fast electric charging tech among Faraday Challenge grant winners

Madeleine Cuff
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Some £22m in innovation funding awarded to battery pioneers, including a project to develop solid state EV batteries that could slash recharging time

Technologists working on new solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries and associated recharging units have won £2.3m in grant funding from the government, as part of a £22m funding round designed to...

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