One still has the problem of where do you get enough power to charge in 5 minutes even if the battery can take it.... Which remains to be seen.
Sent from my iPad > On Nov 17, 2015, at 2:21 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/13/salt-filled-batteries-to-give-engines-new-lease-of-life/# > Salt filled batteries to give engines new lease of life > [2015/11/13] > > [video > http://www.euronews.com/embed/316959/ > ] > > "A great innovation is able to change the status quo of the market. For this > to happen you need an innovator with a lot of energy, a lot of passion and a > lot of commitment." > > On the streets near a research institute in Dresden, Germany, a Hungarian > physicist drives an electric car with a “pioneering vision”: > https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/blog/new-solutions-enhanced-battery-performance-electric-vehicles > in mind… > > András Kovács is managing director at Broadbit: “We want electric cars of > the future to run with the help of a battery based on sodium. Compared to > current batteries, our sodium battery will double its energy. Alternatively, > it can be fast charging; electric vehicles may be fully charged in just five > minute.” > > And what are the technical challenges behind these car batteries partially > made with salt? András had to design and test high power cells, able to > increase power, reliability and battery life. He also wanted them to be much > cheaper to produce compared with existing Li-ion batteries. > > “The electrodes of the battery were developed in two steps. Firstly, we made > the anodes from metallic sodium. So this is indeed the first battery based > on metallic sodium,” said Kovács. > > “Then we prepared the cathodes with a special dry processing technique. > Drying up chemically treated cathodes in current batteries needs up to 3 > days. With this technology the electrodes are produced in dry state, so > production is faster.” > > Kovács’ vision has now received important additional recognition. He has > recently won the first ever Innovation Radar Prize, aimed at high potential > and key creators in Europe. The jury acknowledged his willingness to try to > revolutionise the growing sector of electric vehicles. > > Stavriana A. Kofteros, from Startup Cyprus, was a jury member on the > Innovation Radar Prize: “To start a revolution, to have a disruptive > innovation, you need a big vision that nobody, nothing can stop. We can’t > just focus on small steps pilling up together to improve minor details on > what already exists. A great innovation is able to change the status quo of > the market. For this to happen you need an innovator with a lot of energy, a > lot of passion and a lot of commitment.” > > The Innovation Radar initiative is supported by the European Commission as a > way to assist innovators in fulfilling their potential to the market. > > “This prize was necessary because excellence has to be rewarded. Dreams > deserve to be rewarded and recognised , so we must work together in that > direction. It is important that young researchers have challenges in front > of them,” said Roberto Viola, Director-General of DG Connect at the European > Commission > > “You need ideas, because without ideas you can’t go far. But you also need a > potential market; without it you can’ t go nowhere. So when it comes to > innovation, both things have to go hand in hand. A good idea and a good way > to bring this idea to the market,” added Viola. > > And, as it is also the case for many other European innovators, that’s > precisely the road ahead now for András Kovács. > > “Our laboratory research is now finished. We are currently building our > pilot manufacturing plant, that should be ready next year. We hope that in 2 > or 3 years we’ll be able to launch this product on the market so that our > invention can equip any electric vehicle or even planes. The exact time of > the launch will depend on the investors who are interested in working with > us,” said Kovács. > [© euronews.com] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Metallic-sodium-anodes-in-sodium-battery-2x-energy-tp4678723.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
