If this isn’t just corporate hype, this could be great for making smaller batteries, hopefully less resource intensive.
I’m carefully optimistic. A new “battery tech breakthrough” is reported on every few months without anything coming out of it, but solid state batteries has been talked about for a while and might be the one to actually take over for LiPo (in some circumstances, at least). The tech looks promising, and I’m looking forward to seeing how this technology matures.
This is more than a “breakthrough” IMO. Manufacturers have been eyeing and researching solid states for a long time now. It’s not just a lab toy.
If the company is able to scale this technology large enough for consumer vehicles while keeping prices down …
They probably won’t care about keeping costs down if they are developing 1300 miles range batteries that’s gonna be for industrial and military applications. Maybe some very high end consumer use.
Alternatively, they could make smaller versions for consumer vehicles that take up less space/weight.
Yeah, this kind of headline is stupid. Any battery can offer any given range if it’s large enough. This kind of thing should be written as distance/mass or, for consumer products, cost/distance.
If the company is able to scale this technology large enough for consumer vehicles[…]
Big ask
A solid-state battery developer in China has unveiled a new cell that could help change the game for electric mobility.
Oh yeah? Again?
Tailan did not mention any specific plans for passenger vehicle integration yet, but did state its latest generation of all-solid-state battery cells are vehicle grade. If the company is able to scale this technology large enough for consumer vehicles while keeping prices down…
Ah, so more vaporware. Same as usual. Come find me when these technologies actually exist.
Don’t trust reports, or anything really, coming out of China at face value. Product in hand, undoctored video proof, lab tests done by a trusted group.
