So often, promising developments in batteries, solar cells, and electric vehicles seem stuck in the “five years from now” limbo. Perhaps there may be hope that a current, real-time development is before us. MSNBC reports Solid Power has a pilot production line for its solid-state batteries up and running – as of three days ago. Forgive the sound track, which can be turned down or off. The information is worthwhile, however. Solid Power, a 2012 outgrowth of research performed at the University of Colorado Boulder, now holds down 21,000 square feet at the Colorado Tech Center. Their web site expresses some of the frustration many of who have been waiting through the last decade feel about the near-static trend in lithium battery development. “While current lithium-ion batteries continue to provide incremental improvements, the industry demands more advanced solutions capable of providing a true jump in performance thereby accelerating e-mobility.” Solid Power might have a solution to the slow growth of …