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Japan’s battery startups take the world beyond lithium ion – Nikkei Asian Review
New products can pack up to 10 times more energy than their powerful forebears
OSAKA — Companies racing to introduce the successor to the batteries that power everything from our smartphones to drones to electric cars are closing in on their goal. But they are not alone. Startups have joined the fray to develop technologies for higher-performance power packs that can relegate today’s lithium-ion batteries to an earlier stage along the march of progress.
Rechargeable batteries are a strong suit of corporate Japan’s, but the industry that produces them in recent years has …
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