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Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Honda agrees to a deal with battery-tech company QuantumScape. Honda may have tempered its EV ambitions earlier this year, but its research and development team is still betting on breakthroughs in battery technology. Honda R&D, the independent research and development arm of Honda Motor Company, has signed a multiyear joint research agreement with California-based battery technology company QuantumScape. The deal, announced Thursday, is focused on developing and manufacturing solid-state battery cells. The agreement follows Honda’s review of QuantumScape’s technology, providing an important vote of confidence in the company’s solid-state battery efforts. Solid-state batteries are often viewed as one of the most promising advances in next-generation energy storage. They could allow electric vehicles to travel farther, charge more quickly and operate more safely than those using today’s lithium-ion

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