EV battery boom dims, for now

By:

DAVID STRINGER and AKSHAT RATHI

By:

Bloomberg

June 18, 2020 03:09 PM

Three decades of advances took lithium ion batteries from powering handheld Sony camcorders to propelling Tesla’s popular electric vehicles. The rapid rise is facing a major test in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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