For 15 years, Gene Berdichevsky, CEO of silicon carbon battery developer Sila Nanotechnologies, has been working to commercialize a battery that would charge much faster and power electric vehicles much further than conventional batteries. In September, Berdichevsky, a Tesla veteran, finally ...

Rapid scale-up and government support has helped Chinese battery manufacturers drive down lithium-ion battery costs. This has expanded global markets and opened up new…

Trying to replicate China's graphite supply chain is a trap. We should look to the silicon anode technology already being manufactured in Washington state.