“Nippon Paper and Stora Enso want to turn trees into batteries”

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Japan’s Nippon Paper and Finland’s Stora Enso want to use trees to revolutionize the battery industry. Research into a replacement for lithium-ion and rare-metal batteries is underway globally. With the explosive popularity of electric cars, the industry could see safer, tree-powered batteries in EVs by 2040.