Ping!......................
Sounds too good to be true
[[Nikola’s battery electric trucks could now drive 800 miles fully loaded between charges]]
When time is money- how does this translate to good trucking sense if they have to have hours of downtime waiting for it to charge?
No comment of safety? Is it more likely to explode, catch on fire or go exothermic or less likely than Li ion?
I drove to DeFuniak Springs this morning. I passed by the Tesla charging station and noticed 4 cars being charged.
That is the most I have ever seen at one time. Maybe there is a future for battery cars.
2,000 cycles is three years of use, give or take a few months.
Wow. They hired a lot of PhDs and STILL managed to come up with a good product.
No engineering details, color me skeptical
Good times are coming!
A little help please......
What exatly is a “free-standing electrode automotive battery”
“This month, Nikola entered into a letter of intent to acquire a world-class battery engineering team to help bring the new battery to pre-production. Through this acquisition, Nikola will add 15 PhDs and five master’s degree team members. Due to confidentiality and security reasons, additional details of the acquisition will not be disclosed until Nikola World 2020.”
The emphasis of “PhDs and master’s degree(s)” is a bit troubling. Nothing is said of actual substance that these 20 people have to bring to the table, including the ability to convince potential stockholders to invest their capital with a convincing, profit-making portfolio. It sounds more likely they are trying to convince government oppressors to fleece their civilians of trillions of dollars instead of advancing a technology that is always better when done in the private sector.
For that, I call BS on this, and put this in the same category as “If you like your doctor or health plan, you can keep them” lies.
And if erections last longer than 4 hours .............
Wonder how this compares to the Solid Electrode lithium batteries that have been announced?
It is remarkable, the advancement of battery technology in our lifetime. From us as kids killing AA batts left and right, to rechargeable, to some pretty amazing power monsters now.
When EVs can come even close to that (400 mile range-recharge in 15 minutes) I might consider one.Until then,no way Jose.
Certainly a big deal if true. While it's still a tiny fraction of the 12,000 Wh/kg of gasoline, there are factors that help level the playing field. An electric drive train is approximately 3X as efficient as current IC engine drive trains. Also, it's easy enough to increase the size of the battery to meet range requirements at this energy density. "Cost to own and operate" is yet to be seen, and the the lack of charging infrastructure and inconvenience of charging are still factors. Considering the path we are on, electric vehicles WILL be shoved down our throat over the next decade or two. New technology like this will at least make it a little easier to swallow.
article based on press release ... most likely this is just another in a very long line of magic battery fairy tales during the last 40 years ...
For my money, I will put it into that oily stuff that keeps coming out of the ground. It is like magic, it is likely an endless supply, and the CO2 released is a bonus for life.
Time to invest in coal mines to power up to batteries with.
Bttt