Webinar: Materials Innovation and Cost Cutting Strategies for Li-ion Batteries in Transportation Webinar

April 3, 2012

Description

Lithium-ion batteries constitute a substantial portion of overall electric vehicle cost, and remain the major obstacle to low cost vehicles with sufficient electric range. Numerous players ranging from government laboratories to corporate strategists continue to dig deep into the Li-ion battery, looking for innovations that can unlock lower costs to improve the value proposition for battery-powered vehicles. Here, we will look at the cost structure of Li-ion batteries today, and the outlook for the future as major manufacturers continue to increase scale with an eye towards a growing electric vehicle market. In particular, this webinar will focus on:

  • Materials innovations
  • Which innovations comprise the biggest cost in today’s batteries
  • The innovations that stand to change the cost equation for the batteries of tomorrow