That article gave no reason for me to believe these claims. Also that website is horrible.
It’s solid instead of liquid broski. QED.
Lots of companies have been saying they have solid state EV batteries for years, yet you still can’t buy one. Either they can’t figure out how to mass produce them cost effectively or there is some sort of problem with the battery.
Why would any company sell batteries that need to be replaced less often? Companies are greedy as fuck and don’t care about consumers. It’s all about their bottom line. And if you’re not buying enough, often enough, than companies hate you.
If you prevent them from collusion and price fixing through regulation competition wi… ha lmfao I can’t even pretend.
For one, they could recoup the money they spent doing research by selling a bunch of new cars with the batteries.
Also, rechargeable batteries exist even though they also sell single use batteries.
Competition, it will take time, but consumers will over the next 20 years figure it out and cars with better batteries will.be worth more.
I’ll paye extra for a safer battery that lasts longer.
And that provide an output that doesn’t diminish as much in cold weather. EVs in the cold of nordic countries means a terrible mileage on a charge.
LiFePo batteries are pretty safe and last a long time. The just need a heated blanket for sub freezing to charge. There’s some videos showing puncture resistance/fire resistance between battery types. Neat stuff.
Will Prowse has one I think
if someone had some new functional battery tech that lasted a decade, that person would be richer than all fuck. its all about volume, and youre forgetting just how tiny this planet has become with 8 billion humans on it.
you just dont understand scale at all
Tell me once it’s on the market. Been reading about better battery technology for years, and nothing happens.
Battery capacity has tripled in the last decade
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you’re being downvoted, yet you’re absolutely right.
our current battery technology is shit compared to what a solid state battery would be.
of course there have been advancements but it’s still the same battery technology, just with bigger capacities.
it’s a perfectly good analogy.
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Yeah, I think I’ve lost track how many articles and youtube videos about amazing “solid state” batteries are just around the corner. But I’ve not seen one actually materialise.
I mean, it’s great if true. But, I’m going to wait and see.
There’s been a steady increase in lithium based technologies though. But I do wonder when and where the plateau there might be.
Lithium Ion based batteries have a lot of room to grow still.
Everything out there in cars today can likely still double or triple over the next couple decades.
Everyone says they want a 1000 mile car but they really don’t need it. We’ll reach an optimal price/battery range in a car and begin reducing the amount of batteries with our current tech before we’re selling cars with the full potential a decade or two from now.
And the increase in power density in LFP batteries will be a great thing given their cost, longevity and safety profile.
Wake me up when they’re being mass produced at cost effective rates.
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And can dissipate heat efficiently in the same package size. The limitation to lipo/life/li-ion package density isn’t cell volume. It’s cell volume plus heat removal overhead. Making the cells smaller doesn’t actually change anything about the cooling overhead.
Yah and cold fusion is right around the corner.
Awesome I can use that to charge this new battery
You’ll want a Mr. Fusion for that.
LMAO They are going to win!
They beat Tesla with their own weapons: empty promises!
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So does this company actually HAVE a solid state battery or is this still all in concept?
Because we already know how amazing and good a solid state battery would be… When we finally get them. But the problem is actually getting them.
Unfortunately the article seems to be mostly talking about how good a solid state battery would be and not much at all on this startup actually having anything functional.
Great, I guess I will just go to a store a buy one of those .
QuantumScape has been expected to produce something for a long time now, it isn’t new, the article didn’t mention timelines or production.
They where supposed to go intro production mid this year / next
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/09/quantumscape-plans-1-gigawatt-hour-battery-plant-in-2024.html
Till we see them rolling off the factory line it is just vapor .
The Next Big Thing™ is always ~5 years away.
Ah yes more “crushing” tech… High density and fast charging… Always means it’s only good for like 100 charge cycles so it’s effectively useless in reality.
from what i understand, solid state batteries are legitimately about as revolutionary as lithium ion were because they are all of those things, and by their very nature they have a huge number of charge cycles
… whether this specific announcement results in a mass-production-capable battery is another story
Battery news have been so fake every time. I won’t believe any more battery tech news until I see an actual device or vehicle powered by one.
We know solid-state batteries are good, we want someone to produce stable solid-state batteries cost-effectively.
Yes, I’m going to base my investment on large scale technology on finance.yaoo.com, or better yet benzinga.com!! Especially after their exclusive on “Analyst Inside Look: Trends And Opportunities In Ohio’s Emerging Recreational Cannabis Sector”
But this battery CRUSHES it! That’s more than SLAMS!!!
I keep reading batterie breakthroughs that change the world for decades now.
First of all, their claims are not new. They claim this for a long time already but have not shown a minimal viable product yet. During the time they spend money in research, Tesla batteries grew to 3 times the originals.
QuantumScape have only shown minuscule batteries, they need to scale up to car battery capacity. Only a car with their battery can prove their claims. Until that happens their stories are worth nothing.
Charging a 75kWh large car battery in 15 minutes requires a charger of at least 300.000W. Imagine a charging station for 5 cars would need a 1.5MW power station. That is impractical. Also the current flowing into the car would be enormously high, requiring huge cables. Also inside the battery pack, huge cooling systems are required.
More practical solutions are exchanging battery packs or battery fluid exchange (flow battery). In short time 100% recharge and virtually unlimited range if packs are slowly charged at exchange hubs. .
QuantumScape will water down their claims and eventually publish a more or less standard LiFePo battery if the investors are lucky.
Thanks for your insightful comment.
Regarding 300kW charging: I thought new EVs already charge with up to 180kW DC (?), so this would “only” be a doubling in performance?
Toyota said they are aiming for 2027 or 2028 with their solid state tech. I’m amped for when it comes but it’s not really fair to compare potential 5-years-out tech with present day tech.
