BMW partners with Solid Power to develop solid-state cells for electric cars

2018 BMW i3, 2017 Frankfurt Motor ShowWhile lithium-ion cells have powered all but a handful of plug-in electric cars since 2008, carmakers have looked further down the road toward solid-state battery cells with an eye toward launching them sometime during the 2020s. On Monday, BMW Group and Solid Power announced that the two companies would partner in an effort to develop Solid...