“At the age of 97, Prof Goodenough is the oldest ever Nobel laureate.”
He and his team did their work in the late 70’s.
Lithium Ion batteries have become big-time because of our billions of handheld devices, which were in turn made possible by computer chips that use very little power.
Lithium Ion batteries don’t come in large sizes. For instance, the Toyota Prius and probably all hybrids don’t use them.
Big LI ion batteries are too dangerous I think.
For instance, the Toyota Prius and probably all hybrids don’t use them.
The Plug-in Prius, which has a 4G engine, features a Lithium-Ion battery.
NB: The plugin Prius is mostly plugin, in name only! It still has an ICE.
The other Prius use NiMH.