Winning By Leapfrogging

March 22, 2022 - The demands on electric vehicle companies are sharply changing: Now, they not only must produce EVs that go hundreds of miles on a fast charge but do so while navigating a decade of expensive battery metals shortages—and getting around China’s lock on the battery market. One way to meet these new challenges is to entirely rethink current technology, and leapfrog it with something new. For this Live Chat, we were delighted to host Mujeeb Ijaz, founder and CEO of Our Next Energy, a veteran of Apple and Ford, who most recently drove an EV containing his reconfigured hybrid battery on a 750-mile ride on a single charge.