Everybody in the Pool E109: 10-minute EV charging with Adden Energy
Oct 30, 2025
30:29
This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re talking about one of the biggest hurdles in the clean energy transition — how to make electric vehicles as fast and easy to refuel as gas cars.
Our guest is Will Fitzhugh, co-founder and CEO of Adden Energy, a Harvard spinout developing self-healing solid-state lithium metal batteries that could charge fully in under ten minutes. These next-generation batteries promise longer range, faster charging, and safer performance — all using existing manufacturing lines. It’s a fascinating look at the next leap in energy storage — and what it’ll take to make 10-minute charging a reality.
We talk about:
- What makes solid-state lithium metal batteries different from lithium-ion
- How Adden’s “self-healing” separator prevents the failures that have held this technology back
- Why faster charging could finally electrify drivers who can’t charge at home
- How the company plans to use existing gigafactory infrastructure to scale production
- What this breakthrough could mean for everything from EVs to robotics and aviation
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