Richard Wand was on the podcast already in 2021. At the time, the company he had founded a few years earlier, Cuberg, had just been acquired by Northvolt, one of the giants of the industry.

Cuberg specialized in the development of advanced Lithium-Metal batteries, which are particularly suitable for aviation applications and, since this is a field in which so much is going on at the moment, I thought it was a good time to have another chat with Richard to get his latest insights.

The topic is particularly relevant since there have been a number of announcements in the first months of 2023. Cuberg has announced a breakthrough that may allow its batteries to increase their specific energy by 40 to 50% and, more or less at the same time, researchers in China have also announced some notable achievements in this field.

So, I wanted to learn more about the state of battery development for electric aircraft and whether are we getting close to the sort of battery performances that will enable the advancement of electric aviation over the coming decade or two.

Tune in for this episode not just to learn the answer to these questions, but also to listen how Richard explains some of the basic concepts that underpin battery science and how this will eventually translate to zero emissions aircraft, perhaps much sooner than we expect!