Ok, if this were someone else, I’d disregard it, but seriously? Is it a rechargeable lithium air or do you have to swap? Seriously 18 kg???Meantime, CATL already has sodium-ion batteries in some vehicles and is spinning up mass production. It's turned its long-term research arm from SSBs (which are in its production pilot phase) toward 12 kWh/kg Li-O2 battery research, which will drop the mass of a 212 kWh battery (493 miles in the Silverado WT today) from about 1300 kg to about 18 kg.
CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology with theoretical gasoline-level 12,000 Wh/kg energy density
CATL sets sights on lithium-air technology as the future of global battery competition.carnewschina.com
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I can’t wait to see the first “driver” to destroy their $75K Scout trying this stuff.
I should mention Whistlindiesel also took his much more expensive G63 to Moab as well
The carnage was the point though.
Rechargeable.
Seriously.
There are issues with the chemistry, efficiency, and density right now, which is why CATL is spending money on long-term research.
If they can solve those issues, the theoretical specific energy is about 12 kWh/kg. That's about the same specific energy of gasoline. Even a specific energy of 1200 Wh/kg (1/10th the theoretical) would revolutionize BEVs.
In all fairness - the electrical power train and motor are less weight than the gas. You need to look at the system as a whole, not just the energy density of the batteries. But yes, we are not there yet.
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