Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Battery costs have fallen more than 90 percent in the last fifteen years, and grid-scale storage is deploying faster than almost anyone predicted. But the next chapter of the battery story is still being written. Might AI and advanced computation accelerate how we discover and manufacture better batteries? How real is the risk that critical mineral supply chains could become a bottleneck? What will it take to move next-generation chemistries like iron-air and sodium-ion from the lab to the grid? As the US pushes to build a domestic battery supply chain, do we have what it takes to compete?
Battery costs have fallen more than 90 percent in the last fifteen years, and grid-scale storage is deploying faster than almost anyone predicted. But the next chapter of the battery story is still being written. Might AI and advanced computation accelerate how we discover and manufacture better batteries? How real is the risk that critical mineral supply chains could become a bottleneck? What will it take to move next-generation chemistries like iron-air and sodium-ion from the lab to the grid? As the US pushes to build a domestic battery supply chain, do we have what it takes to compete?
