If we had national leadership that was worth a damn, instead of forcing people to buy crappy EVs there would be a “man on the moon” type national priority to develop new battery technologies. Instead, just look at the surnames in this article...
Before long someone will announce a new battery technology that recharges the battery before it runs down. Funny how all these breakthroughs never appear in an actual product.
In the early computer days, a five year old computer was obsolete. The same is true to EVs. An acquaintance bought an electric car years ago, and can’t sell it. Dealers won’t take it in trade. He is stuck with it. A new EV bought today will be a boat anchor in a few years.
This article reads like Chinese-to-English direct translations on assembly instructions.
That’s great news...until you do some rough calculation on the requirements for delivering enough power to charge EV sized batteries, in 10 min or less, for a even a small 8 spot charging station.
Each station would need the equivalent power infrastructure of a small town/city to supply that much energy that fast.
If I had money to invest, I would put a significant amount into batteries.
ANY batteries. As our technologies progress, so does our need for batteries…
Gasoline: 12,000 Wh/kg
Diesel: 12,700 Wh/kg
That's a factor of roughly 35. Even given the higher efficiency of EVs vs. ICEs, you'd still need a "200+ gallon" battery to go as far. No thanks.