Ford used a quantum computer to find better EV battery materials

https://www.popsci.com/technology/ford-quantum-ev-battery/

"variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) to simulate the Li2Co2O4 and Co2O4 gas-phase models (basically, the simplest form of chemical reaction possible) which represent the charge and discharge of the battery... accurately simulate complex chemical reactions... lead to longer lasting, faster charging, more powerful batteries... molecules are quantum by nature, and therefore map more accurately onto qubits, which are represented as waveforms"