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    Coconut power for EVs? How startups are racing to decarbonise batteries

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    With the world betting on electric vehicles, the need for greener batteries has become important to maintain the balance between development and sustainability.

    Twins Nikita and Nishita Baliarsingh were always clear their careers would be linked to sustainability. It narrowed their options. But while pursuing a management course, the sisters came across an old biochemistry book in their grandfather’s library. That gave them the idea of making an eco-friendly battery for electric vehicles.“The book had a statement that said that ‘peptides could be beneficial in electrolytes’,” says Nikita. Basically, it
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