- Solid-state batteries suffer from a key technical challenge that can cause them to short circuit.
- Researchers were able to diagnose the root cause, and develop a solution for it.
- Solid-state batteries promise to revolutionize electric vehicles, but have remained largely elusive.
Solid-state batteries have spent years stuck in an all-talk, no-show phase. We hear about breakthroughs constantly, yet there's still no production electric vehicle on the road that's actually available for you to buy. But researchers haven't given up, and a new MIT study might explain why solid-state batteries keep stalling out, and what can be done to make them viable.
