U.S. Producer Targets Drones, eVTOLs With Silicon-Anode Batteries

Funding from the California Energy Commission will enable ALE to scale up silicon-anode battery production.

Credit: American Lithium Energy
Advanced battery producer American Lithium Energy (ALE) has secured $13.2 million in funding to expand its U.S.-based manufacturing capacity as it looks to find commercial aviation applications for the safer, higher-performance batteries it is producing for defense aerospace applications ranging...
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