They will test in a vehicle next year. We will see how it goes.
stav_and_nick
1: it really does seem that competition is heating up across the world in the battery space. I’m especially interested in what happens with battery miniaturization. I want my 2 week phone charge!
2: goddamn are 1st and 2nd gen EVs gonna depreciate hard. Can’t wait to buy a taycan for $5 in 2028
feurie
Breakthrough tech is always being testing. Until it works well and can be scaled at low cost, it doesn’t matter for the mainstream.
ThaxReston
BullShit. FukOff creep
kiddblur
Major clickbait headline. The article says it’s _100 miles in 5 minutes_, not the whole battery as the title implies.
The article says that it would enable cars to charge at 350kW, but there are already a handful of _production_ cars that can do that. Unless this new tech allows 350kW from 0 to 100% (which would be amazing), I don’t see how it’s any better than the battery and charging tech in something like a taycan or the kia/hyundais.
kenypowa
Another say, another battery tech breakthrough.
DingbattheGreat
They hid the news in the title.
That is to say, replacing graphite with silicon—used in solar cells—not to be confused with silicone—used in house products.
Using a cheaper product would be significant if it hit mainstream and lowered the cost of batteries, while also not reducing current charge times of most EV’s.
7 Comments
Here is a much better article: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/polestar-will-begin-testing-storedots-5-minute-charge-battery/
They will test in a vehicle next year. We will see how it goes.
1: it really does seem that competition is heating up across the world in the battery space. I’m especially interested in what happens with battery miniaturization. I want my 2 week phone charge!
2: goddamn are 1st and 2nd gen EVs gonna depreciate hard. Can’t wait to buy a taycan for $5 in 2028
Breakthrough tech is always being testing. Until it works well and can be scaled at low cost, it doesn’t matter for the mainstream.
BullShit. FukOff creep
Major clickbait headline. The article says it’s _100 miles in 5 minutes_, not the whole battery as the title implies.
The article says that it would enable cars to charge at 350kW, but there are already a handful of _production_ cars that can do that. Unless this new tech allows 350kW from 0 to 100% (which would be amazing), I don’t see how it’s any better than the battery and charging tech in something like a taycan or the kia/hyundais.
Another say, another battery tech breakthrough.
They hid the news in the title.
That is to say, replacing graphite with silicon—used in solar cells—not to be confused with silicone—used in house products.
Using a cheaper product would be significant if it hit mainstream and lowered the cost of batteries, while also not reducing current charge times of most EV’s.