The U.S. government will provide $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory electric vehicle battery research projects, and is taking steps to bolster the domestic lithium battery supply chain.
The research projects will focus on electric vehicles, advanced batteries, and connected vehicles. The Dept. of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, meanwhile, announced the ‘Li-Bridge’, a public-private partnership to bridge gaps in the domestic lithium battery supply chain.
