The cost of manufacturing of batteries and power trains for electric vehicles can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed, according to researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT.)  To reach this objective, KIT scientists now plan to develop concrete, close-to-industry solutions for energy storage and power trains, integrating them at a system level in a “research factory” the Institute plans to construct on its campus. KIT is...

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