Tesla Motors, known for their high performance electric vehicles, is working with Panasonic, to develop its next generation of batteries. The partnership is intended to help Tesla lower the cost of its batteries and increase the range of its vehicles.Panasonic already has developed two high-energy batteries for electric vehicles. These new batteries store as much as 30 percent more energy than its previous lithium-ion batteries, and this increased storage could, in theory, increase a vehicle's range by 30 percent.
One of the new battery cells contains silicon electrodes which in theory can hold much more energy than the carbon electrodes they replace, but silicon electrodes tend to swell and break apart. As a result, there is still some kinks but I'm sure problems will be resolved quickly because the demand is so large for more efficient battery life.
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