To meet the high-energy requirement that can enable the 40-miles electric drive Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (P-HEVs), long range electric vehicle (EV) and smart grid, it is necessary to develop very high energy and high power cathodes and anodes that when combined in a battery system must offer 5,000 charge-depleting cycles, 15years calendar life as well as excellent abuse tolerance. These challenging requirements make it difficult for conventional battery systems to be adopted in P-HEVs and EVs. In this talk, we will present a next generation lithium ion battery that include Ni rich full gradient cathode, a high voltage and nonflammable electrolyte and Silicon-graphene composite anode including a novel pre-lithiation technology to overcome the irreversible loss of this anode in the first cycle. We will then show how Se doping of Sulfur (S) can overcome the conductivity issue of S and eliminate the dissolution of poly-sulfide using an advanced electrolyte system. We will also show that by incorporating Li₂S in graphene cages, we increase the electrode loading significantly to over 10mg.cm^-2 and eliminate the issue of cathode swelling and the use of Lithium metal that impact performance.