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Michael Faraday discovered solid electrolytes in the 1830s, and the solid-state battery has promised to be the next big electrical thing almost ever since.

The idea frequently makes news that I resist reporting because, to borrow a baseball metaphor, these “batters” too often start their home run trot before realizing it’s just a fly ball to the warning track. But noted scientist Paul Albertus says 10-year-old Stanford University battery startup QuantumScape appears to

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