I read the article and it states that the new method results in batteries with ~25% lower capacity (batteries treated with the new method lose 30% of their active lithium vs. 9% loss with traditional formation).
So not quite a silver bullet 
In fact, losing 25% capacity effectively means 33% higher cell cost for an equivalent-energy battery pack, because you need to use more cells. That’s a lot more additional cost compared to what is saved with the much shorter process.
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