There's no shortage of tech startups on the scene – even in the mobility sector – touting themselves as "disruptive." But if there's any company that's proven capable of truly shaking things up, it's Tesla. And a big part of that comes down to its battery technology, which may have just taken another huge leap forward.



According to Forbes, Tesla – together with physicists from Dalhousie University in eastern Canada – has filed a patent for a new type of battery chemistry that could bring it that much closer to its promise of a "million-mile battery pack."