Maybe more importantly, I seem to remember that cobalt use will be either significantly reduced or eliminated.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Nov 20, 2019, at 6:00 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > https://cleantechnica.com/2019/11/19/nikola-pushes-deeper-into-battery-electric-vehicles-with-next-generation-battery-tech/ > Nikola Pushes Deeper Into Battery Electric Vehicles With Next Generation > Battery Tech > November 19th, 2019 Kyle Field > > [images / Kyle Field > https://cleantechnica.com/files/2019/04/nikola-motor-company-world-2019-two-red-3-trevor-milton.jpg > Nikola Motor Company CEO Trevor Milton unveiling the Nikola Two at Nikola > World 2019 > > https://cleantechnica.com/files/2019/08/2018.09-spi-aneheim-KYLE-samsung-sdi-energy-storage-battery-pack-module-cells-batteries-lithium-ion-4-18650.jpg > Nikola’s new battery tech challenges lithium-ion’s supremacy in the battle > to power our vehicles, homes, and businesses > ] > > The Nikola Motor Company dropped a bomb on the electric vehicle industry > today with news of a pending acquisition of a team that has developed next > generation battery technology. The news comes with claims of a cathode with > 4 times the energy density of today’s lithium-ion cells, lasts for 2,000 > cycles, and at a cell cost of 50% less than today’s lithium-ion cells. > > If Nikola can bring a battery with these specs to market and produce them at > scale, the implications to not just the world of electric vehicles, but to > the entire automotive industry and to the world of stationary energy storage > would be profound. But that’s a big if. Thanks to unprecedented investment > in battery research and design, prototype batteries and breakthroughs in the > lab happen nearly every week, but they don’t always translate into real > world improvements. > > In this case, Nikola’s outspoken CEO Trevor Milton feels the company has > found the real deal with news that it has filed a letter of intent to > acquire the team that developed the new tech. The acquisition is not > finalized at this point, but Milton hopes to announce more details > surrounding the breakthrough at Nikola World next fall. > > For now, here’s what we know: > > Cathode with 4x the energy density of lithium-ion > > Prototype achieved 2,000 cycles in testing with “acceptable” end-of-life > performance > > Cost 50% less to produce next generation cells per kWh compared to > lithium-ion > > Weighs 40% less than same capacity of lithium-ion cells > > Prototype cell achieved 500 watt-hours capacity > > “This is the biggest advancement we have seen in the battery world,” said > Trevor Milton, CEO, Nikola Motor Company. “We are not talking about small > improvements; we are talking about doubling your cell phone battery > capacity. We are talking about doubling the range of BEVs and > hydrogen-electric vehicles around the world.” > > Batteries are the glue that holds the worlds of electric vehicles, > renewables, and distributed generation together. While lithium-ion batteries > have continued to improve in energy density and cost at a steady pace in > recent years, the broader industry has had its sights set on the next > generation battery cell technology. Nikola’s new team has developed a > prototype cell that delivers on the promises of future battery technologies, > with an energy density of 1,100 watt-hours per kilogram for the material and > 500 watt-hours per kilogram when rolled into a cell. > > Bringing 500 watt-hour cells to market would be a nice bump in energy > density and at a lower cost than batteries going into production electric > vehicles today. The path to market for the new battery tech is not going to > be an easy one as Nikola will need to build or license manufacturing > capacity for the new cells. It is exactly this bump in the road that > mainstream automakers are wrestling with now as the Chinese battery > manufacturing engine continues to spool up to fill the need. Indeed, to meet > its needs at its Shanghai Gigafactory, even Tesla contracted out the supply > of battery cells. > > Nikola plans to share the intellectual property (IP) for the new batteries > with OEMs that contribute to a new battery consortium. The move has the > potential to catapult not only Nikola, but the world of automobiles into > electric vehicles at a rapid clip. It shows that Nikola sees the need for > battery cell standards that stretch beyond its walls and into the broader > industry to achieve the manufacturing scale required to bring the cost down > for everyone. > > [image] Nikola has big plans for 2020 as it continues to add scope to its > already complex launch / Nikola Motor Company > > Not that Nikola is planning to just give the tech out for free. It has big > aspirations for itself, with customer discussions about orders that would > propel it into the upper echelon of truck manufacturers. “Nikola is in > discussions with customers for truck orders that could fill production slots > for more than ten years and propel Nikola to become the top truck > manufacturer in the world in terms of revenue,” Milton said. “Now the > question is why not share it with the world?” > > Of course, Nikola must first establish its own manufacturing presence that > can keep pace with the lengthy list of heavy truck manufacturers > aggressively moving into zero emission trucking including Mercedes, Volvo, > BYD, Tesla, to name a few. > > The details of the new battery deal have yet to be shared, but for now, it > is clear Milton and his team at Nikola see promise in batteries ... The > world will have to wait until next fall to see them in action as Nikola > plans to showcase the batteries charging and discharging at Nikola World > 2020. > [© cleantechnica.com] > ... > https://www.google.com/search?q=Nikola+battery+technology > search on Nikola battery technology > > > + (self-repairing,longer-life salty li-ion cathodes) > http://www.lecanadian.com/health/after-lithium-ion-batteries-the-next-step-is-sodium-ion-batteries.html > After lithium-ion batteries, the next step is… sodium-ion batteries? > NOVEMBER 17, 2019 ... oxygen redox-layered cathode (Na2RuO3) sodium-based > battery ... has ability to “repair” itself with use ... a force called > Coulombic attraction ... removes any deviations from how the oxide ions are > ... stacked ... > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
