Posted on 06/17/2024 1:09:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
While Chinese manufacturers have burst out in front of the pack with semi-solid-state battery achievements, other manufacturers around the world are working hard to get their own cells developed and validated. Based in Massachusetts, Factorial Energy has been working on its lithium-metal quasi-solid-state technology for over a decade, attracting backing and collaboration from major automakers like Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai. It's aiming for a long-range, energy-dense battery that costs the equivalent of lithium-ion units and rolls off the same production lines. This month, it sent out its first round of B-samples to Mercedes-Benz for further testing and development.
Factorial first revealed its 100-Ah solid-state cell at CES 2023 in collaboration with Stellantis, advancing on from the smaller cells it had shown previously. It began shipping the first 100-Ah A-samples to global automotive partners in October of last year and has now delivered over 1,000 A-sample cells to Mercedes-Benz alone.
Now Factorial has announced shipment of the first 106-Ah B-sample cells to Mercedes, calling it the world's first announced shipment of B-sample solid-state battery cells to a global automotive OEM. The "announced" qualifier in that particular "world first" leaves open that other B-sample cells have been shipped but not announced, but either way, the company is making steady progress and moving into the next stage of testing.
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The ONLY reason for battery research is the climate con. Without that, nobody would need such batteries.
But I have to admit I sure do like lithium-ion batteries in my gadgets, tools, snow blower, leaf blower, wife’s e-bike, etc.
>The ONLY reason for battery research is the climate con. Without that, nobody would need such batteries.
The other one, if we don’t kill ourselves first, is space travel. We’ll need high-capacity, low-drain batteries of the highest quality to harness what little we can get of sunpower.
At some point, EVs and all tools and machines such that now use ICE as their power source will become de rigueur. Wit the possible exception of large earth movers and construction machines.
The battery research is really now in its ‘Edison and Tesla’ stage, with many discoveries and improvements to come..............
Plutonium power plants on deep-space satellites is the best power source when you are far away from the sun.
You are probably right. The earth has finite fossil fuels and they should be conserved for higher-value uses. The ultimate solution will be to build nuclear power plants to charge batteries.
Unfortunately, to do that, you have to get those who block nuclear plant construction to endorse it as the way forward. That might be a tougher row to hoe than creating better batteries.
:: The earth has finite fossil fuels ::
But \abiotic\ hydrocarbon fuels (petroleum) are being constantly refrshed under feet in real time.
Not disagreeing with you but don’t forget there was a civil
war back in 1860 or so. We may have to find some type meds
to keep us going this time. Heck we may be living in outer
space in the not to distant future.
Check out diamond batteries for those applications.
At some point we are going to figure out how to convert radiation directly into current, then those mini nuke devices in skynet machines won’t be so far fetched, maybe😁
Battery research is good for it’s own devices.
I am pro-electric and i am rabidly anti-climate-scam. Based on science.
The issue s most people cannot defend their stance.
Take this test to see if you are part of the problem of not being able to refute the climate con
DO YOU know what % of the earth’s atmosphere is CO2?
Of that percentage of the atmosphere that is CO2, what percent of that is man-caused?
.Take your best guess (be honest don’t cheat)....then scroll down for answers
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answer1 < 0.3 percent of the earths’ atmosphere is CO2. That’s far less than 1%
answer2 < 3% of that .03% is attribute to man’s actions
BONUS: Was there any geologic time periods where CO2 was much higher? Yes, by serval factors!
:: The earth has finite fossil fuels ::
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oh noes - peak oil again
Don’t dismiss that battery-electric tech can evolve to be superior to ICE in many applications. The problem is the climate whackos are pushing the cart before the horse. If the government had invested the massive dollars into electric power generation and distribution rather than subsidizing the wealthy in buying fancy EVs with near super-car performance, we might be close to that point.
Or maybe not...
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/05/congress-ev-chargers-billions-00129996
“But \abiotic\ hydrocarbon fuels (petroleum) are being constantly refrshed under feet in real time.”
Thank you.
Here is a better test.
What two nations create more carbon emissions than all the rest of the world put together? .
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China and India. And if they have no plan for stopping China and India, they aren't really concerned about global warming.
“But I have to admit I sure do like lithium-ion batteries in my gadgets, tools, snow blower, leaf blower, wife’s e-bike, etc.”
stick vacuum, weed-whacker, hedge trimmer, tire inflator, fan, chain saw, lawnmower.
Florida so nix the snow blower.
“The ONLY reason for battery research is the climate con. Without that, nobody would need such batteries.”
EV’s are great for cities. Moves pollution to power plants.
Also, the highest efficiency is achieved with a combined cycle gas turbine generating electricity for EV’s.
Hydro and nuclear plants rock!
“But \abiotic\ hydrocarbon fuels (petroleum) are being constantly refrshed under feet in real time.”
Refreshed from finite sources.
Another one is vehicle jumpstarter battery packs. Those things were unwieldy back when they used lead acid batteries. Now they’re tiny thanks to Li-ion. It’s totally practical to keep one in your trunk. I’ve been grateful to have mine on several occasions.
“BONUS: Was there any geologic time periods where CO2 was much higher? Yes, by serval factors!”
And my state was also underwater!
“EV’s are great for cities. Moves pollution to power plants.”
The funny thing is that was the original rationale for EVs - clean the urban air. It also had the ancillary benefit of using the huge amount of excess generating capacity at night when people are asleep so you got better asset utilization of power plants. The notion of “decarbonizing” the economy had t even been conceived.
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