There are other types of batteries coming online such that lithium ion batteries might not be the main type everything is using. There is one that uses carbon 14 and diamond to produce electricity that lasts thousands of years, and doesn't have reactivity problems that any battery that uses lithium has.
Lithium is so bad in the presence of water that the Navy decided to replace the propulsion portion of a brand new type of lightweight torpedo, which used a lithium battery, with the older Otto II fueled propulsion section out of the older lightweight torpedo that was replaced, and called this new marriage of old propulsion section with new seeker/warhead a new type of torpedo. Mk 46 -> Mk 50 -> Mk 54, which has the seeker of the Mk 50 with the propulsion section of the Mk 46.
Total pollution of EV vs ICE only pencils out to advantage the EV if you consider CO2 a pollutant and with the understanding that the crossover advantage of the EV happens when the ICE vehicle has driven tens of thousands of miles.
There is one that uses carbon 14 and diamond to produce electricity that lasts thousands of years, and doesn't have reactivity problems that any battery that uses lithium has.
I'm guessing this is right around the same corner which cold fusion and hydrogen fuel cells are hiding behind?
Nope, prototype batteries are being used right now to power sensors that monitor volcanoes. They work, but are hand built, so from what I can tell the work going on right now is figuring out mass production.
These types of batteries have also been on the market for quite a while (for legit ultra low power applications). Every now and then some investment scammer tries to claim they're just about to run cell phones and cars with these things. They just need a few more million $ and a couple of years.
There are other types of batteries coming online such that lithium ion batteries might not be the main type everything is using. There is one that uses carbon 14 and diamond to produce electricity that lasts thousands of years, and doesn't have reactivity problems that any battery that uses lithium has.
Lithium is so bad in the presence of water that the Navy decided to replace the propulsion portion of a brand new type of lightweight torpedo, which used a lithium battery, with the older Otto II fueled propulsion section out of the older lightweight torpedo that was replaced, and called this new marriage of old propulsion section with new seeker/warhead a new type of torpedo. Mk 46 -> Mk 50 -> Mk 54, which has the seeker of the Mk 50 with the propulsion section of the Mk 46.
Total pollution of EV vs ICE only pencils out to advantage the EV if you consider CO2 a pollutant and with the understanding that the crossover advantage of the EV happens when the ICE vehicle has driven tens of thousands of miles.
I'm guessing this is right around the same corner which cold fusion and hydrogen fuel cells are hiding behind?
Nope, prototype batteries are being used right now to power sensors that monitor volcanoes. They work, but are hand built, so from what I can tell the work going on right now is figuring out mass production.
Where I learned about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeVOFydscAo
Oh I remember EEVBlog tearing these things apart. They supply whooping microwatts of power and outside of extreme niche applications like low-power sensors they are absolutely useless.
These types of batteries have also been on the market for quite a while (for legit ultra low power applications). Every now and then some investment scammer tries to claim they're just about to run cell phones and cars with these things. They just need a few more million $ and a couple of years.
So yea, cold fusion and hydrogen cells.