New battery types.

[Foo Fighter]

G'day, There is a lot of snippets of information but independent facts seem to be few and far between. Is there a particular information source for batteries using little or no exotic materials/metals?

 

[Jemiba]

https://www.ehow.com/how_7285502_produce-electricity-apple.html ?

 

[Foo Fighter]

Very good, haha. I was looking for serious technology answers but a laugh a day does work. There was a Japanese tech guy promoting an iron gas battery that could be recycled simply. Also a lot of talk about graphene but it is short in nature and short on facts. If there are any facts out there I have failed to find them so pointers would be appreciated.

 

[GTX]

Some of the solid-state battery technology is looking interesting - especially when you see goals of their providing potentials for 500mile range and 1 minute recharging for electric vehicles.

 

[Foo Fighter]

Agreed but then there has been no information on the materials used so far, what type of materials would be needed for the terminals? Graphene could do the job if sufficiently developed but that seems not to be the case yet and the best conductor I know is still gold.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Nickel-Iron Storage batteries:

The battery invented 120 years before its time

At the turn of the 20th Century, Thomas Edison invented a battery with the unusual quirk of producing hydrogen. Now, 120 years later, the battery is coming into its own.

www.bbc.com

What was old is new again...

 

[edwest2]

It appears competition is limiting what can be said. Also, certain technologies need to be profitable immediately. Once the current health crisis eases, expect more announcements. Also, expect the infrastructure to magically appear for charging these batteries, at least in the US, since the current health crisis is already yielding to the climate change crisis.

Tesla's Million Mile Battery is ready for production as of June last year.

Tesla to get new million-mile battery ready for production at CATL

CATL announced that it is ready to produce the new million-mile battery and Tesla’s Model 3 made at Gigafactory Shanghai is reportedly going to be first to get the new battery. Electrek previously revealed that Tesla is working on an internal secret Roadrunner project. The goal is for Tesla to...

electrek.co

And, of course, investors need to be convinced to invest.

Global Solid State Batteries for Electric Vehicles Market Report 2020: Game-Changing Solid-state Batteries Will Push the Future Electric Vehicles to the Next Level

Dublin, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Technological Advancements in Solid State Batteries for Electric Vehicles" report has been added to...

www.globenewswire.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Swedish Carbon-Fiber Battery Could Revolutionize Car Design - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Tesla is known to be working on designing new battery modules that also work as structural elements, but the California automaker is fashioning those structural modules out of traditional cylindrical cells. There's a more elegant approach to...

hardware.slashdot.org

 

[Flyaway]

There was quite a bit of news recently about solid state batteries including this.

A UK-based consortium of seven organisations including Oxford University has banded together to develop prototypes of solid-state battery (SSB) technology with the automotive sector in mind.

Early deployment of SSBs is expected to be in consumer electronics, niche automotive applications and unmanned aerospace, before being used in broader EV markets.

The Faraday Institution forecasts that, in 2030, SSBs are likely to take a 7 per cent share of the global consumer electronics battery market and a 4 per cent share of the EV battery market.

Global SSB revenues from sales to EV manufacturers are forecast to reach $8bn by 2030 and then grow rapidly to 2040 and 2050 when the market is expected to become extensive.

Solid-state batteries under development with Oxford University-led consortium

A UK-based consortium of seven organisations including Oxford University has banded together to develop prototypes of solid-state battery (SSB) technology with the automotive sector in mind.

eandt.theiet.org