MIT’s BMW board member Ian Robertson added then, that in the next three to four years there will be more progress in battery development than in the previous 100 years. Professor Donald Sadoway said battery development has been disappointingly slow, and this will hurt sales of electric cars generally. “Development (of lithium-ion batteries) is not going to be significant enough to change the price performance ratio for it to have an impact on auto sales predictions. “The only way that we can get a meaningful effect from these batteries would be if they were significantly cheaper than current batteries, which are still quite expensive,” he said.
MIT’s Professor Donald Sadoway said battery development has been disappointingly slow, and this will hurt sales of electric cars generally. “Development (of lithium-ion batteries) is not going to be significant enough to change the price performance ratio for it to have an impact on auto sales predictions. “The only way that we can get a meaningful effect from these batteries would be if they were significantly cheaper than current batteries, which are still quite expensive,” he said.