Well fisker is building an e-motion and a car around 35k under the fisker name. It is a metal lithium battery and both groups look like they got funding from doe. In addition Fabio has developed a patent with either kruse or d'couto so it's not so so much of a stretch.
The connection was made verbatim from Kruse's Linked in profile and is all current. I had not seen that before. That, along with Shelly (Roof) Whitlock's linkedin profile below leads me to believe this is ongoing now.
"Currently, I am the Battery Research Engineer in charge of cathode development for a novel lithium metal battery for use in electric vehicles."