The Replacement For the Battery?

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @12:14PM from the charge-it dept.

jackd writes "Great article in Technology Review, bordering on 'too good to be true,' about a small company in Texas that is developing the replacement for the electrochemical battery. The device is a kind of hybrid battery-ultracapacitor based on barium-titanate powders. Quoting: 'The company boldly claims that its system... will dramatically outperform the best lithium-ion batteries on the market in terms of energy density, price, charge time, and safety... The implications are enormous and, for many, unbelievable. Such a breakthrough has the potential to radically transform a transportation sector already flirting with an electric renaissance.'"

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Sounds great! by Hazclan13 · 2007-01-23 12:17 · Score: 0, Redundant

This sounds wicked however we shall see if it works......

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Re:Next Year's Vaporware? by Lothsahn · 2007-01-23 12:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

Actually, their system is WORSE than lithium Ion batteries at low temps. These would NOT work for you and your Alaskan friends, at least until Global Warming really kicks off.
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Finally, EEStor claims that its system works to specification in temperatures as low as -20 C, revised from a previous claim of -40 C.

"Temperature of -20 degrees C is not good enough for automotive," says Miller. "You need -40 degrees." By comparison, Altair and A123Systems claim that their lithium-ion cells can operate at -30 C.

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