Charging time is one of the regular criticisms aimed at EVs. People who have been used to refilling a fossil fuel car in a few minutes get very concerned about spending half an hour or more to top up a battery. Any improvement to this time can make a big difference to the EV experience and adoption rate. UK startup Breathe Battery Technologies reckons it has the solution – or part of it, at least.“Breathe is a battery performance company,” says Dr Ian Campbell, CEO, Breathe Battery Technologies. “We find ways to enhance standard battery system performance very significantly for our customers, especially in the automotive and consumer electronics industries. We give them software that significantly increases the capability of the batteries that they’re already buying from their battery suppliers.”

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