Electric Vehicle Batteries: Li-ion and Beyond, Challenges and Advancements

Abstract

Batteries are key to developing affordable Electric Vehicle (EV). However, EVs have not yet come on par with gasoline vehicles in many areas such as price, driving range, and recharge time. Many research areas are actively seeking to improve the current market dominant lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as well as find alternatives to LIBs. This review will look at current status of LIBs, a few alternatives, and collective challenges and advancements associated with these batteries.