Zeta Energy, a battery development company which claimed to have a breakthrough in lithium-sulfur chemistry, recently earned a Department of Energy grant to commercialize their research. Now, Stellantis has joined in with a joint development agreement.
The advantages of lithium-sulfur are lighter weight for the same power, similar volume, and quicker fast-charging speeds. Mainly, they are expected to be less than half the price of lithium-ion batteries, per kilowatt-hour.
The batteries are to be made with waste materials and methane, within existing battery-plant technologies which could mean that the battery factories being made today could make the lithium-sulfur design in 2029-2030, which the company expects the technology to be ready. Lithium-sulfur batteries do not need cobalt, graphite, manganese, or nickel.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
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