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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This is like the third different new battery technology I've seen today.

I'll believe it when it's available for purchase.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's been my take on pretty much every single battery article I've read, going back to the 90s. like 2 out of 100s has actually come to market.

Tech like this needs to perform well, be economical, and scalable for manufacturing. Articles come out usually when tech hits the first one or two, but very rarely do all 3 end up true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

But the ones currently in commercial production didn’t come out of nowhere. There were lots of incremental improvements that didn’t make headlines. What you see in tech articles is just a thin slice of the whole story.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

it took 9 months of lab work (by actual skilled material scientists) to make it tick, don't hold your breath

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and I don't really want to hear about it unless it's progress solid state batteries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you read the short article it says the material is a solid electrolyte

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I can only read until the paywall, however in the preview they mention they still contain lithium. The solid state batteries I, I think Panasonic is working on, have no Lithium they use glass instead of an electrolyte.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Maybe don't come to technology subs if you hate tech news? I guess you're just here for the Elon posts or something?