Bold claims, but that energy density would be amazing.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    11 days ago

    Yeah, I’m sure it’ll all drop in practical use. But if the energy density is anywhere near that, the making smaller batteries would be great.

    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      11 days ago

      What I mean is that a battery doesn’t have wheels. It can’t go anywhere, so you can’t give it a range rating unless you put it in a vehicle. Any battery range rating is bullshit.

      If you take an ebike with a range of 200 km and take it’s battery out and put it on a Nissan Leaf, it won’t go 20 km. If you take a Cadillac Escalade battery and put in a Leaf somehow, it will definitely achieve a lot more than the 600 miles it did on the SUV.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          11 days ago

          I can assure you solid matter can burn well. The problem with battery fires is that they’re made of pyrophoric metals such as lithium and sodium, which makes extinguishing the fires extremely difficult. It looks like it is still lithium based.