I think, the move to "mass" production is very encouraging. In this case
"mass" means production-like trials, so this is still in the "we
promise" stage. The article mentions several companies which have
backing from and trials with auto manufacturers.
Peri
Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From
> hundreds of thousands of cells allowing cars to recharge in less than
> 10 minutes.
It seems as if almost every electrochemist and lab working on batteries puts
this at the top of the feature list.
Why? Isn't fast charging at up to 350kW already possible with existing
batteries? That
EV List Lackey via EV said (in small part):
> If you can get it! As I see it, the infrastructure required to blast that
> much power into multiple vehicles at a motorway charging stop is the big
> challenge. It's not the battery's ability to accept a charge.
Not hardly. Supplying a couple
> ... politicians waving flags and clubs and pushing
> their nationalist belligerence. Present batteries
> use raw materials that raise political concerns. ... instead
> of worrying so much about charging speed, electrochemists
> should be concentrating their efforts on developing batteries
>
If you want to see a battery technology that is proven, safe, can take
50,000 cycles without much degradation and survive recharge cycles of
8 minutes, then look at Natron with their Sodium-Ion battery. Prussian
Blue and seawater is essentially what their battery is made of.
Unfortunately the
