Posted on 07/12/2024 5:29:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
Technology is a great tool.
Green stuff is usually not very practical. Some of it smells like wet Sheep poop.
Commies Lie, because they must. If they ever told the truth, no one would ever give them power.
So the battery lasts more cycles, does it still spontaneously combust, does it take less time to charge, they still have to get electricity from somewhere, and does this make eggs less or more expensive?
Bump
But can it render them less likely to catch fire?
I’ve seen articles like this for a couple years. I’m curious if ANY of these ‘breakthroughs’ have made it to market?
Patent Applications can take years.........and even more if they are purposely being ‘slow-walked’ through the system by lazy ass bureaucrats................
Sodium ion cells are already in the works with 50,000 cycle ,and sub zero performances with 10+C charge rates thatsv6 min from zero to 100% and they can and do 100% DOD cycles with ease. The only metric lacking is energy density they already kill Lithium with power density. For a plug in hybrid energy density is less critical. The very best sodium cells are now in the 160wh/kg range and that’s firmly in LFP territory so even 200 mile EV ranges is on the table. A 200 mile EV with 10C charging only needs a 6 min charge every 3 hours of drive time at 65mph avg speeds. What’s more important is most people don’t drive 200+ miles per day so a L2 top up at night is all that’s needed for 99% of all daily users. Having 50,000 cycles in a 200 mile car is millions of miles ten million to exact so mileage life is moot it’s calender life and sodium cells are 20+ year cells. This tech is here and is being ramped up. The personal electronics and power tool markets alone make sure these advanced cells get produced EVs are a much smaller secondary market. This company is specializing in bulk grid level cells the fundamental anode and cathode chemistry is relevant for consumer devices and EVs as well.
https://natron.energy/our-technology
I foresee a near future where every motel in the world will have a charger at every parking spot that comes with the room and is included with the price.
Non-guests could pay a user fee during the day when nobody is there...............
I have made macroscopic (say, 1 inch scale) metal single crystals under laboratory conditions when studying metal physics. They are exceedingly fragile. One little tap will make a metal single crystal polycrystalline right quickly. (Minerals are something else completely.)
Whatever they are doing, macroscopic single crystals is not it.
Well, this is South Korea, so it may be a little fudging going on...............
Wow, yet another “game changer” I won’t be holding my breath
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