TechAltar | The billion dollar race to fix phone batteries @TechAltar | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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Lithium-Ion batteries were commercialized in the 1990s by Sony, and since then, very little has changed in the battery market. Capacity increases are slow and incremental, and only fast charging is improving at quick rates. Let's take a look at why.

The Story Behind - ep. 86

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