lightweight, 12 days ago to TeslaMotors

Blimey - according to https://thedriven.io/2024/01/25/worlds-largest-ev-battery-maker-set-to-cut-costs-in-half-by-mid-2024/ the world's largest battery manufacturer, China's CATL will be halving the price of its Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries this year. "This means the price of an average 60 kWh battery pack will have dropped from $US6,776.00 to just $3,388.00 in just 12 months, saving EV manufacturers over $3,000 per vehicle."

Our #BEV (MG4 Excite) has a 51kWh pack... So we could replace a future (post 7yr warranty) failed pack for well under US$3k... #BatteryTech

jake4480, 2 months ago to science

Scientists developing water-based 'aqueous metal-ion batteries' that should be cheaper, recyclable and won't explode -- but they think it will be at least 10 years before they're ready for widespread use https://www.sciencealert.com/new-water-batteries-are-cheaper-recyclable-and-wont-explode

#science #batteries #tech #future #BatteryTech #FutureTech #AqueousMetalIon

RunRichRun, 6 months ago to sustainability

A promising breakthrough in #battery technology (* via press release) —
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/northvolt/pressreleases/northvolt-develops-state-of-the-art-sodium-ion-battery-validated-at-160-wh-slash-kg-3287526
h/t @fj @davep https://mastodon.social/@fj/111448225060545274
#sustainability #energy #BatteryTech

itnewsbot, 9 months ago to cars

Ultra-fast niobium batteries boast 6-min charge for Lotus Elise-based EV - Enlarge / The Lotus Elise is an archetypal lightweight sports car. Now,... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957045 #whatsthefastestchargingev? #fastchargingbatteries #dcfastcharging #fastevcharging #fastbatteries #batterytech #lotuselise #niobium #nyobolt #cars

itnewsbot, 10 months ago to Engineering

Crab Shells Massively Improve Zinc-Ion Batteries - In the fast-moving world of battery research, scientists are constantly on the loo... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/18/crab-shells-massively-improve-zinc-ion-batteries/ #batterytechnology #zinc-ionbattery #currentevents #engineering #originalart #batterytech #zincbattery #research #science #battery