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    Default New battery tech could let phones last five days, EVs drive 999km

    The lithium-sulphur battery would be cheaper to produce and have less environmental impact


    Imagine only having to charge your phone once every five days, or an electric vehicle (EV) with a 999km range. Thanks to a new battery technology coming out of Monash University in Australia, these could be real possibilities.

    Researchers from Monash have crafted what they claim is a more efficient lithium-sulphur battery — the most efficient to date.

    Engadget notes that lithium-sulphur batteries have been in the news a few times over the last few years as a potential replacement for rechargeable batteries popular in electronics, like lithium-ion batteries. However, what sets the Monash version apart is it reworked the particle bonds in the sulphur cathodes, allowing them to handle higher loads without a decrease in capacity, performance or stability.

    The university says it derived the technique from the bridging architectures seen in processing detergent powders.

    Monash researchers claim an appropriate-sized unit has enough charge to run a smartphone for five days or keep an EV running for over 621 miles (999.4km). But that’s not all — the researchers say the batteries have a reduced environmental impact and an “extremely low-cost” manufacturing process as well.

    Scientists plan to test the battery tech in cars and solar power grids in Australia

    If you follow tech news a lot, you may be looking at this new battery tech with a healthy dose of skepticism. Crazy new battery technologies turn up all the time but never seem to get to market. Whether because of a need to refine the design or having to find a way to produce the battery in large volumes, many battery inventions end up stuck in the lab for years.

    Engadget reports that Monash may be closer to offering an official product than most. Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute has reportedly already created test batteries. Further, scientists plan to test the design in cars and solar power grids in Australia later this year. Finally, researchers have received a patent for the technology.

    All that said, it could still take years for the tech becomes commercially available. If and when it does, however, it could make EVs a more enticing option with longer ranges, improve battery life for our devices and be better for the environment overall.

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    Battery charge life is a major reason why many people won't sign up for EV's as of yet.Current technology limits travel distances to the point of not practical for too many potential EV car purchasers.What most people don't consider is that an electric vehicle with a new car range of 400 km will have half of that range after 5 or 6 years of service.Battery packs are in the 3k to 5k range.
    This new battery technology, if true & practical, may change all that.As an auto technician of 43 years, I would seriously consider an EV that had a range of 800km or more, but not as they are currently.

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    Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles


    Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. A new paper suggests he wasn't exaggerating.

    Last April, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would soon be able to power its electric cars for more than 1 million miles over the course of their lifespan. At the time, the claim seemed a bit much. That’s more than double the mileage Tesla owners can expect to get out of their car’s current battery packs, which are already well beyond the operational range of most other EV batteries. It just didn’t seem real—except now it appears that it is.
    Earlier this month, a group of battery researchers at Dalhousie University, which has an exclusive agreement with Tesla, published a paper in The Journal of the Electrochemical Society describing a lithium-ion battery that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1 million miles” while losing less than 10 percent of its energy capacity during its lifetime.
    Led by physicist Jeff Dahn, one of the world’s foremost lithium-ion researchers, the Dalhousie group showed that its battery significantly outperforms any similar lithium-ion battery previously reported. They noted their battery could be especially useful for self-driving robotaxis and long-haul electric trucks, two products Tesla is developing.




    What’s interesting, though, is that the authors don’t herald the results as a breakthrough. Rather, they present it as a benchmark for other battery researchers. And they don’t skimp on the specifics.
    “Full details of these cells including electrode compositions, electrode loadings, electrolyte compositions, additives used, etc. have been provided,” Dahn and his colleagues wrote in the paper. “This has been done so that others can recreate these cells and use them as benchmarks for their own R+D efforts.”

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    We shall see...might just be Elon talkin' out his azz after smokin' a fattie.lol

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    I'm just wondering, what will the middle east world do, to sustain their economy
    once their wells are down to 10% due to the change, battery for fuel

    There will be major changes in the balance of economies for all those oil producing
    and exporting countries. With the exception of the US and Russia some of the other
    countries rely solely on oil as their major source to their economies.

    Venezuela is one such country and they still managed to go bankrupt.

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    The Saudis' will be OK for a while,, But ! They WILL have to sell off their Gold Plated
    Porches and their Diamond Studded Mercedes

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    When are they gonna come out with the lithium-hemp battery for 10,000 vape's...................
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    Quote Originally Posted by steveOtoo View Post
    When are they gonna come out with the lithium-hemp battery for 10,000 vape's...................



    Surely you don't do that crap Steve???

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