By Eric Onstad and Paul Lienert
LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen, whose drive to develop a “solid-state” electric car battery with U.S. startup QuantumScape has been dogged by delays, is casting its net wider in pursuit of the potentially game-changing technology.
The German auto giant is holding talks with France’s Blue Solutions, which already produces solid-state batteries for Daimler electric buses, about adapting the design for cars, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
VW and Blue Solutions aim to reach a joint development agreement in the coming months, according to the source who asked not to be identified as the talks are private.
Volkswagen’s move to widen its options in the field points to the array of technical hurdles holding back wider development of solid-state technology, seen by its backers as the “holy grail” of EV batteries, promising…
