Sorry, hadn’t seen this post. I think this piece of the puzzle may be the real game-changer.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Nov 28, 2019, at 11:48 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > [ref > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Nikola-claims-4x-energy-2k-cycle-50-cheaper-li-ion-tp4695719.html > EVLN: Nikola claims 4x-energy, 2k-cycle, 50% cheaper li-ion > Nov 20 2019 > ] > > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2019/11/24/nikola-motors-bombshell-battery-claim-irks-experts-who-think-its-secret-may-lie-in-sulfur/#6a21e9057d89 > Nikola Motor’s Bombshell Battery Claim Irks Experts, Who Think Its Secret > May Lie In Sulfur > Nov 24, 2019 Alan Ohnsman > > [image > https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dd897d62c886a0007ecdfee/960x0.jpg?fit=scale > Nikola Tre > The electric Nikola Tre commercial truck is to be offered as a > battery-powered model or with a ... [+]NIKOLA > ] > > Nikola Motor CEO Trevor Milton seems dead set on challenging Elon Musk’s > dominance for audacious transportation ideas, upstaging the Tesla chief’s > “Cybertruck” debut with a claim that his own ... electric vehicle company > has a breakthrough battery. Experts suspect Nikola’s secret tech derives > from cell chemistry that scores of researchers are also digging into. > > Milton, whose Phoenix-based startup intends to start delivering > zero-emission semi-trucks in 2021, said last week that Nikola’s battery cell > has double the energy density, only 40% of the weight and half the cost of > 2170 lithium-ion cells used in Teslas and other consumer-market electric > vehicles. He tells Forbes those gains come from eliminating costly metals > such as nickel, cobalt and magnesium, use of a “free-standing electrode” and > a “whole different type of chemical, with a lithium component.” ... it plans > to offer battery-only variants. > > The new cell was developed by a specific university lab Nikola was involved > with from an early stage and “locked up all the IP,” Milton says. That’s all > the company is saying for now and public demonstrations won’t happen until > the second half of 2020. > > Today In: Business > “I have a strong conviction that it’s safe to dismiss this out of hand—their > claims are ridiculous,” said Sam Jaffe, managing director of Boulder, > Colorado-based consulting firm Cairn Energy Research Advisors, which > specializes in energy storage technology. “Why would they claim this without > waiting until they could publicly reveal what the chemistry is and the > university laboratory they are working with? It’s very fishy.” > > Sulfur is one possible alternative to current lithium-ion cells, Jaffe said. > “I would assume they’re looking at sulfur in the cathode and lithium metal > in the anode. Untold hundreds of university and industry labs are working on > that. If you get to those, if you can make it work, it would have a > significant improvement on current lithium-ion, but nowhere near what they > are claiming.” > [© forbes.com] > > > + (cheaply made li-ion.cn explodes) > https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/video/electric-vehicle-battery-explodes-while-charging-in-store-in-wenzhou-china/vp-BBXsk1d > Electric Vehicle Battery Explodes While Charging in Store in ... > An electric vehicle battery exploded while charging in a store in Wenzhou, > China, on November 25, 2019 ... > https://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.storyful.com/7cbb8ea0852b8346281fa74e61a32382 > > > > > 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)
