Active structural batteries
Year
2016
Project team
Angela Belcher with Alan Ransil and Kieran Strobel
Structural approach
Currently 60-90% of the weight of the battery package in an electric car or an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is inactive – does not contribute to energy storage. This project is developing a structural approach to build vehicle components from materials that do contribute to energy storage, which will enable electrical vehicles with longer battery lifetime.