Posted on 07/11/2024 12:04:01 PM PDT by Red Badger
I don’t think making a car designed to take lightning strikes and big lithium ion batteries are a good combination.
The real test is to make an extended drive in that electric DeLorean in very cold weather where you need to recharge the batteries.
Ha! I was going to ask if it needed a flux capacitor.
I like your screenname! And welcome to FR :-)
Evs are so yesterday. ICE 4 EVR
Conversions like this are by default modular. Sodium ion cells are coming into bulk production. Sodium ion doesn’t lose power density at low temps at all and they have full discharge capacity st minus 40C very few places see that and the ones that do can insulate the case the self heating during charging and discharge is more than enough to keep the cells above minus 40C with a few inches of R30 or higher foam. Sodium cells also take 50,000 cycles to 80% SOH ten times LFP and fifty times NMC cells. The cathode and anode both are cobalt,nickel and rare metal free. They just now are getting to a energy density of 160wh/kg that’s LFP territory and plenty good for a run about conversion like this. Oh and sodium cells with Iron/manganese cathodes cannot burn they use water based electrolytes and sodium salts plus have massive 20C plus charge rates that’s 3 min from zero to 100% the only cells other than aluminum graphene to pass 20C and still keep 50K plus cycle life’s. Lithium ion is a stepping stone to better cells. Sodium cells are going to be the dominate cells in power tools, and personal electronic device market regardless of EVs they beat lithium in every metric possible other than energy density and they are closing that gap fast. The theoretical max for Na ion is in the 500wh/kg range and the cell tech is less than 5 years old lithium had a 30 year head start.
Thanks. Nice to be with some real Americans, albeit online.
I believe Thorium energy is the right answer for the future here. Yes it is nuclear like uranium, but the molten salt reactor is safer and won’t melt down like conventional uranium reactors. Thorium is also more plentiful and easier to obtain than uranium.
More research and development needs to be done but I am of the opinion that thorium energy and hydrocarbons like natgas and oil are all we need.
I think this going green nonsense will destroy us in the years to come if we don’t come to our senses soon.
If you or anyone else is interested more info at the website:
thoriumenergyalliance.com
Also - I am not anti uranium! Just that Th is the better choice.
Thank you again
Did they get it up to 88 miles an hour?
“I’ll let you insert the 88 mph pun of your choosing here”
What’s the “88 mph pun”?
I assume it has something to do with the “Back To The Future” movies.................
130!..................
When This Baby Hits 88 MPH ... Back to the Future Quote
"When this baby hits 88 mph, you're going to some serious sh!t"
Not a pun in sight.
What’s the total cost per mile to own and drive it, including depreciation? How does that compare to similar ICE vehicles in the same price range?
An LS1 an some good fab work make for a way cheaper swap and it has already been done
If you have to ask........................
“I don’t think making a car designed to take lightning strikes ...”
Which ones?
That’s heavy!
“Yes it is nuclear like uranium”
Given your handle I would not have expected such a false comparison.
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