Who controls those minerals?
I just bought 8kw of LiFePO4 batteries and have been testing them to see how rapidly I can charge them without raising their cell temperature too high. I paralleled three variable supplies and tested them all the way to 160amps but they became quite hot at the higher currents.
The holy grail would be a breakthrough in super-capacitor design. If we could replace EV batteries with capacitors you could charge them in moments.... but the inrush current levels would be astronomical. We don’t have a grid strong enough for that yet.
I wonder how that is going.
Take a look at the stock price for PLUG - click on MAX to see how much money you would have lost.
Plug Power Inc. is an American company engaged in the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems that replace conventional batteries in equipment and vehicles powered by electricity. The company is headquartered in Latham, New York, and has facilities in Spokane, Washington, and Rochester, New York.
“engine room”; “stellar crop”?!
Who writes this garbage, and who edits it?
Actually a pretty interesting article. While much of this research is being conducted in the U.S. one has to wonder how much intellectual property might be being transferred to ‘another country.’ One of the lead researchers is a Harvard material scientist named Xin Li. Of course I shouldn’t just to such a conclusion when we know several American scientists has sold out their country for pocket change.
A lot of good ideas, but all of them are ones that will slightly boost performance by five or ten percent.
It would be a new industrial revolution if someone could come up with a battery that is 10x our current ones.
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This is making me feel like we are inadequate.
We have 300ah on the boat with 660w of solar. Most days, we take in more than enough solar to run everything. The weather here in Southern Florida is sometimes cloudier than it needs to be.
But, otherwise we’re good!