Its what the battery car needs as Lithium can't delivery much more as reaching the peak of it development curve.
But this will be some time before the above makes it (if it ever does).
There are a lot of developments in this spac, with the solid state being the holy grail.
This is but one of hundreds.
Agree that when you can recharge in the same time a fill up & get similar range then at least we are on at least an even keel with ice engine. Never been about the motor, the battery has always been the issue.
Solution to date make a bigger battery weighing 400 to 600 kgs.
It's easy to wring out performance. Not easy to get charge time down without degrading battery life (along with extending range to at least being on par with current ice)
We need to do more with less.
Here's another one - bit like aside there a hundreds claiming improvements, but none yet to production.
Even VW putting 110's of millions in to solid wont commit to earlier commercialisation than 2025
(with a 2 to 5 time energy density claim in another article, would be good to see physically lighter smaller cars.)
We need to do more with less.
(FYI this solid state has been in development for nearly a decade already)
Volkswagen has recently increased its investment in US-based QuantumScape in 2018 to US$100 million ($147 million), making Volkswagen the company's largest automotive investor.
Founded in 2010, QuantumScape holds over 200 patents and patent applications for solid-state battery cell technology, and is also a key player in the game of mass manufacturing solid-state battery technology.
By replacing a liquid electrolyte with a solid version, complexity and cost are reduced, while safety and energy density are greatly improved. With solid-state batteries, recharge times are said to drop from hours to minutes.
Given the three- to five-year development lead time for new vehicles and a commitment to have a technology solution ready by 2025, it's expected that Volkswagen will begin working on a solid-state battery technology for its next-generation of electric cars based on the MEB platform, or the platform that supersedes it.
At least them we won't have an urban landscape with these one armed charging points polluting the landscapes.
