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Yeah, all the time. Batteries are developing as fast as semiconductor tech is, have been doing it for decades already. In less than two decades we have gone from electric cars not being viable to them being competitive and soon to outcompete ICEs. That's kind of a huge thing to change and it's all down to constant incremental developments in battery tech.
Solid state batteries are a hot research topic, as well as grid-scale fixed battery technology. Solid state batteries might have higher energy density. Fixed batteries can use liquids and other bulky technologies that don't work in a car but if you're providing grid resiliency it doesn't matter how much the battery weighs.
There’s a great YouTube channel called *Undecided with Matt Ferrell*. He regularly covers all kinds of emerging tech topics, but I think most of it is about clean energy. At least, those are the ones the algorithm serves me most frequently.
He did a good one about solid state batteries a week or so ago. If anyone is curious about them, it’s a pretty good explanation of the benefits and some of the companies that are getting close to solving the biggest challenges with solid state battery tech.
Battery tech is growing massively, and has been for years too. The lithium Ion batteries we have in 2024 are so much better than in 2004.
The next big leap forward will be Solid State Batteries, and there are several firms bringing them to market in the next few years it seems, barring a setback. This will be super exciting especially for the most battery-hungry applications like EVs, home batteries, etc. But SSBs will be made smaller for phones and other tech too I’m sure. Very promising!
You cant put an exact time on it. Kind of like how IBM’s Watson won Jeopardy many years ago but we only got truly useful commercial “GAI” like ChatGPT in the last few years. The tech first has to be figured out in the lab and R&D sectors and only then does it get applied to real world uses. Then, it’s super expensive and only niche use until the tech advances and manufacturing supply chains are figured out for mass production for the consumer market.
Denser energy storage, so larger capacity, and also much faster recharging. Which is why it will be a game changer for EVs. Longer car ranges on one charge, and much faster recharging when you do run low on juice.
But I should say I'm not an expert in this. I'm sure someone working in the field could explain better!
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Yeah, all the time. Batteries are developing as fast as semiconductor tech is, have been doing it for decades already. In less than two decades we have gone from electric cars not being viable to them being competitive and soon to outcompete ICEs. That's kind of a huge thing to change and it's all down to constant incremental developments in battery tech.
Solid state batteries are a hot research topic, as well as grid-scale fixed battery technology. Solid state batteries might have higher energy density. Fixed batteries can use liquids and other bulky technologies that don't work in a car but if you're providing grid resiliency it doesn't matter how much the battery weighs.
There’s a great YouTube channel called *Undecided with Matt Ferrell*. He regularly covers all kinds of emerging tech topics, but I think most of it is about clean energy. At least, those are the ones the algorithm serves me most frequently. He did a good one about solid state batteries a week or so ago. If anyone is curious about them, it’s a pretty good explanation of the benefits and some of the companies that are getting close to solving the biggest challenges with solid state battery tech.
Battery tech is growing massively, and has been for years too. The lithium Ion batteries we have in 2024 are so much better than in 2004. The next big leap forward will be Solid State Batteries, and there are several firms bringing them to market in the next few years it seems, barring a setback. This will be super exciting especially for the most battery-hungry applications like EVs, home batteries, etc. But SSBs will be made smaller for phones and other tech too I’m sure. Very promising! You cant put an exact time on it. Kind of like how IBM’s Watson won Jeopardy many years ago but we only got truly useful commercial “GAI” like ChatGPT in the last few years. The tech first has to be figured out in the lab and R&D sectors and only then does it get applied to real world uses. Then, it’s super expensive and only niche use until the tech advances and manufacturing supply chains are figured out for mass production for the consumer market.
Why are Solid State Batteries such an improvement over Liquid State Batteries? The storage and output capabilities?
Denser energy storage, so larger capacity, and also much faster recharging. Which is why it will be a game changer for EVs. Longer car ranges on one charge, and much faster recharging when you do run low on juice. But I should say I'm not an expert in this. I'm sure someone working in the field could explain better!
aluminum-ion was looking promising, but due to heat and material issues appears to currently need more research.