Fisker's New Batteries Could Deliver 500 Miles Of Range And Recharge In One Minute
Electric car maker Fisker is claiming to have patented a new type of solid-state battery that could deliver a 500-mile range in a recharge time of just one minute.
A three-dimensional structure increases the surface area inside the batteries. The net result, Fisker says, is an energy density 2.5 times greater than in today’s best lithium-ion batteries. The 3D design should also overcome solid-state’s known limitations, namely lower power output and vulnerability to cold temperatures.
The technologies are said to allow the electrodes to cover a surface area 25 times greater than in traditional ‘thin-film’ designs. Fisker will display its apparent achievements at CES in January. The batteries will all be designed to integrate with current manufacturing infrastructure and tooling.
Speaking this week, Dr Fabio Albano, vice president of Fisker Inc, was quoted as saying:
“This breakthrough marks the beginning of a new era in solid-state materials and manufacturing technologies.
“We are addressing all of the hurdles that solid-state batteries have encountered on the path to commercialisation, such as performance in cold temperatures; the use of low cost and scalable manufacturing methods; and the ability to form bulk solid-state electrodes with significant thickness and high active material loadings.
“We are excited to build on this foundation and move the needle in energy storage.”
We’re a bit sceptical over the recharge times in particular: how thick would the charging cable have to be to let such a colossal amount of e-juice flow into the batteries in such a short time? And wouldn’t that damage them, anyway? We’ll have to wait for more info.
Source: Daily Mail (beware the sidebar of shame)
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BS
Not really, Toyota claimed they can do a 1000 mile (three minute) car by 2020 IN PRODUCTION….
Search up solid state glass batteries. The tech is here. Toyota is already ready to produce it in a couple years.
The key word in the heading is ‘could’
Bla, bla, bla. Stop claiming and start proving. And also let customers put it to the test on their own, in real life conditions and then you can talk.
It’s sad that the finite resource called fossil fuel, is replaced with other equally depletable resources, such as lithium.
I wait for the day where people (and most importantly, manufacturers) realise that hydrogen is the only true ‘green’ alternative, ONLY if you produce it with renewable electric energy, that is. All these elecrric cars are a scam imo.
Lithium can be recycled its not finite.
Lithium can be recycled, and more importantly, we are not stuck with using lithium. Solid state batteries like what Fisker and Toyota plan on using can use sodium instead of lithium, which has an infinite supply for an intents and purposes.
Hydrogen is dead. Simply put, hydrogen isn’t as efficient as battery powered vehicles and the infrastructure for it is more complicated, not to mention near nonexistent. You could theoretically charge an electric anywhere there is power, like your home, a parking lot, side of the street, etc. Hydrogen can only be supplied at stations. Plus there’s no such thing as wireless charging for hydrogen.
Is fisker trying to become tesla?
meaning they become overhyped and dont really acheive much?
Tesla is overhyped but to say they haven’t achieved much is a false statement. There’s no doubt Tesla has many issues, but its influence on the automotive industry is that of Carl Benz or Henry Ford.
One minute? I can’t even imagine a car charging that fast. But if it really does, (this is Fisker…) then it looks like EVs are going to be advancing another step.
Still don’t care
12 years later:
Ok so what we meant was it’s 1 mile of range per minute. Don’t worry, it’s an understatement. When the car is finally out in 6 years time, it’s gonna be much better.
It also has a ability to blow up most of the time while charging.
i will never like electric cars.
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