These cells are Very expensive from everything we have seen. The 80% charge in 1 minute is very interesting, but need to know how long the other 20% takes and what the discharge curve looks like. Also will need special chargers for these cells. Cost and reliability are the key questions that will need to be answered. As with all technology, it will become more affordable in time and its uses more common. I would give it 2-4 years.
John -----Original Message----- From: Tom Rust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:17 PM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] Re: new batteries If Toshiba can produce these in quantity for reasonable prices - this will be a dramatic change in the way battery power is used. It would make electric vehicles much more practical - since 300+ mi Li-ion cars are already reasonable from the standpoint of range and weight - the last issue is charging speed. I could stand a 10-15m wait to fill up a car. Or added as extra storage in your Prius+ hybrid - store power from your PV array, and get a few gals of gas a day for free (takes about 8kwh to get the equivalent of a gal of gas, you get an average of 4.5hrs of averaged peak power per day for a year here in CA - more in summer, less in winter, but it averages to that). Of course price will be the biggest issue - they'll be more expensive than Li-ion/polymers at first. You'd also think if they can be charged that fast, they could DISCHARGE that fast, too. Lets see, 150A into my little 3D aerobat with a 3 oz battery, thats 2hp... -- Tom Rust Nanochip Inc 48041 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 339-6263 (510) 339-9636 FAX (510) 912-4662 cell http://www.nanochip.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
