The article actually says that lithium batteries aren't going away any time soon. The "disruptions" the inventor calls for are more about how lithium ion batter

The article actually says that lithium batteries aren't going away any time soon. The "disruptions" the inventor calls for are more about how lithium ion batteries are made, in particular: - Reducing energy inputs for manufacturing - Eliminating cobalt from cathodes (largely achieved already, depending on what performance characteristics the application can live with) - Using clean energy while mining for battery materials, and ensuring that there are regional supply chains around the world - Expanding battery recycling These sound more incremental than truly disruptive to me, but mining and heavy manufacturing change on a much slower cadence than microchips and software. So maybe these changes would be disruptive in context.