We're in something of a golden age for battery development - thanks to Tesla's Gigafactories and new battery cell designs, countless solid state battery projects, and new chemistries that are more ethical, use can last longer, and outperform the generations of cells that went before.

But in Sweden, a team of engineers at the Chalmers University have come up with a new breakthrough - a new type of structural battery that can be your vehicle's body panels - and battery!

We ask why it's so special, explain why we're excited, and postulate where this battery tech could end up in the future -- assuming it reaches commercial viability!

Read the press release for yourself at: https://news.cision.com/chalmers/r/bi...

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Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Produced: Transport Evolved

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