A Swiss company claims that its zinc air batteries can store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries and, furthermore, they cost half the price.

Revolt Technology, a company based in Staefa, Switzerland, claims that its zinc air batteries can “store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries, by volume, while its cost is reduced by half” as Unlike other existing air batteries, this would be rechargeable.

Unlike conventional batteries, which contain all the reagents needed to generate electricity, the zinc-air batteries are based on atmospheric oxygen to generate power. Read the full story