Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?
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"If you can make this work, it touches so many industries [but] it's a risky business."
— Christian Rood , Executive
"Where normally a pure silicon anode would fall apart, [this] remains stable, so it was a very wonderful invention."
— Christian Rood , Executive
"Your battery works less well than before after using it thousands of times - that degrading or aging can be slowed down when you're using a nanocoating."
— Roderik Colen , Executive
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Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?
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