E109: 10-minute EV charging with Adden Energy

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re talking about one of the biggest hurdles in the clean energy transition — how to make electric vehicles as fast and easy to refuel as gas cars.

Our guest is Will Fitzhugh, co-founder and CEO of Adden Energy, a Harvard spinout developing self-healing solid-state lithium metal batteries that could charge fully in under ten minutes. These next-generation batteries promise longer range, faster charging, and safer performance — all using existing manufacturing lines. It’s a fascinating look at the next leap in energy storage — and what it’ll take to make 10-minute charging a reality.

We talk about:

• What makes solid-state lithium metal batteries different from lithium-ion
• How Adden’s “self-healing” separator prevents the failures that have held this technology back
• Why faster charging could finally electrify drivers who can’t charge at home
• How the company plans to use existing gigafactory infrastructure to scale production
• What this breakthrough could mean for everything from EVs to robotics and aviation

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