Dyson walks away from Sakti3 solid-state battery patents

James Dyson with digital motors  [image: Dyson]Just 18 months after its $90m acquisition of Sakti3, the British consumer-products company Dyson is taking a step back. Dyson has chosen to relinquish the patent rights that were the core intellectual property of the Michigan based start-up company. Its move demonstrates the high risk companies are willing to accept in order to be at the forefront...

Battery legend Goodenough not done yet: new solid-state chemistry introduced

John Goodenough, co-inventor of the lithium-ion batteryLithium-ion battery-cell chemistry is currently dominant in electric cars, not to mention consumer electronics and other fields. But what seems to be an army of researchers thinks it can be improved. That includes one of the people who helped create lithium-ion batteries in the first place. CHECK OUT: Tesla granted patent on metal-air battery...