New graphene battery
Charges 60 times faster than Lithium ion. Won't overheat and operates below below zero. Charges fast like capacitor. "far more energy density than current lithium-ion batteries."No rare-earth problems. Graphene Manufactoruring Group out of Bisbane created graphene aluminum ion battery with production at the end of the year.
Fiat 500 EV
there is still money left for a vacation in Aptera ...
Close, but that's bigger than I need, & cost too much more to justify. This is mine:
My tiny $6k Fiat BEV can zip through daily traffic like no other car except maybe an eSmart. No new EV will be any better at getting me to work & back. Or to my friends' or to Avis or to the airport (for me to take any rare longer trips in their vehicles).
It takes me 30 seconds to fully recharge my 2013 BEV: 15 seconds to plug in when I arrive, & 15 seconds to unplug when I leave with a full charge from an extension cord in a standard wall outlet after 8 hours of work OR sleep. Solid state, graphene, superconductor, etc won't make any difference there. An Aptera would be fully recharged WAY before I was done with work or sleep, so no effective difference there either.
@Kiteboarder My recommendation ...
@993cc That's funny, I was just thinking how if I came into a bunch of money right now, what I might buy:
- In reality, I will likely just keep my perfectly fine 2013 Fiat 500e with its undetectable battery degradation, maybe upgrading it to Bilsteins & Pirellis. It stayed the same through 2019 & was then cancelled in the US, but I wouldn't mind a newer one with lower-mileage, just so I could keep it even longer.
- eGolf 2017 (same through 2019), since it drives SO well, even compared to the brand new id4 (my neighbor has one of each). That would add more range that don't really need & DC charging that I don't really need.
- eKona 2019 (same through 2022) adding even more range & faster DC.
It's almost inevitable that whenever one decides to "jump in" to EV ownership, it's only a matter of time before technological advance renders the EV you recently invested in obsolete, by comparison to newer offerings.
One of the things I like about the Aptera is that while advances in battery tech may quickly make its current edge in charging time or range less impressive, the exceptional efficiency will always be there.
It was not a printed technique. They talked about drilling extra holes in the graphene sheets and increasing the numbers of AL atoms
You'll only get faster charging with a bigger power source. For example most of the DC chargers near me are only 50kW, there are much fewer 150s, & nothing at all over 200kW.
Still less weight is great if cycle life & cost are reasonable, & there ARE 350kW chargers being installed "in the middle of nowhere" for road-trips.
"The automotive pouch cell versions are expected to roll out by 2024."
Aw, man.
Another more complete article here. https://www.carandbike.com/news/ev-range-could-be-tripled-with-aluminium-ion-batteries-by-gmg-2441627 Certainly interesting, and GMG appears to be a real company. Their expertise in the past was in making graphene in a much lower cost and sustainable way by cracking methane. The battery foray is a more recent development. I'd love to have the range of Aptera's 100KWH pack for the weight and size of the 40KWH pack. Plus charging it all in a time measured min minutes not hours.
Sounds to good to be true...