BELTSVILLE, Md.— The U.S. is much behind its international rivals within the race for power supremacy in a low-carbon world. To catch up, it’s pinning its hopes on corporations reminiscent of Ion Storage Programs, a next-generation battery firm began in a College of Maryland chemistry lab with a $574,275 federal grant.
At a brand new manufacturing facility outdoors of Washington, D.C., Ion Storage can be among the many first corporations within the U.S. to provide a brand new sort of faster-charging, longer-lasting battery. The corporate’s batteries additionally don’t catch fireplace; combustibility is an issue that has bedeviled the trade’s batteries for years.