The Battery Man SPEAKS

The speed of progress in automotive lithium batteries has impressed AABC's Dr. Menahem Anderman. So has silicon-graphite anode technology development from Tesla and Panasonic.

The future of vehicle electrification is all about the battery. The industry's steady progress in reducing lithium-ion battery cost while increasing energy density, durability and reliability has surprised one of its leading experts, who is quick to admit a miscalculation he made six years ago.

“Battery costs are coming down faster than I predicted-and faster than the major Japanese cell producers who have been my clients for many years predicted,” said Dr. Menahem Anderman, independent battery-industry consultant, founder of the well-known Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) series and frequent speaker at SAE's Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Symposia.