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The battery revolution

What powers a lithium-ion battery and will it lead the shift to a carbon-free economy? This four-part series looks at the technology behind the batteries, corporate winners and losers, rivalries between battery systems as well as the future of battery recycliing.

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Rival battery technologies race to dominate electric car market
Two forms of lithium-ion technology are vying to dominate an industry destined to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars
The search for winners in the new battery era
Carmakers, miners and battery groups are jostling to position themselves in the new Darwinian world
Can anyone challenge China’s EV battery dominance?
Technology breakthroughs and trade barriers will be needed to take on CATL and BYD
Why the electric vehicle battery race needs a recycling revolution
Uncertainty over which cells will power tomorrow’s cars among factors complicating efforts to reuse raw materials