News came out today that the solid-state battery company #QuantumScape is going public with a valuation of $3.3B, backed by investors such as Bill Gates and VW. Little is known about their technology though, so here is a recap of what I found. cnbc.com/2020/09/03/bil… #battchat Their main claim is that they have achieved a functional "anodeless" battery using a solid-state electrolyte. By anodeless they don't mean that the battery uses no anode, but that the anode is formed in-situ with lithium coming out of the cathode during the first charge.