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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What if karma suddenly kicks in and it failed catastrophically? (sorry)
Next press announcment “Ok guys, so the range is the same….but umm…we have achieved a more realistic charging time of 30 minutes
2 months later “Ok, isn’t the design beautiful, by the way, the range is actually 350 miles, but don’t worry the charging time
remains at 30 minutes.
6 months later….Well, thid car has helped us develop a lot of technologies for our future models. I also have to announce that the range is 150 miles.
12 months later “ Ok, so…so the car will have an inline 4 to help charge the batteries….but great news, the range is back to 350 miles
ROFL
This process is called “Fiskering” (Salomondrin, 2017)
And then declare bankruptcy
It’s not like the technology isn’t bound to improve over time anyway. Like it or not one day these figures (or comparable ones) will be reached one day
Toyota has teased using solid state batteries in vehicles in the 2020s. Despite Fisker’s reputation, I think they will hold true to their word.
Nice interpretation of a Model3, Fisker
Lets hope fisker actually manage to make some… unlike tesla with their ridiculous targets which they barely come within a tenth of. I find it hard to believe in a company that has existed for as long as tesla have and still have never made a profit.
But hopefully fisker, if they do make that car^, will take some styling cues from the karma, which was simply a beautiful car
So i guess when the car runs out of juice, you strap a Conductive Kite over it and wait for the Lightning Bolt to do the Charging…
I dont think there are yet charging stations capable of producing so much power in such a small ammount of time, and even so, how on Earth would the battery take so much abuse twice per month?
So…
Basically you need to go Benjamin Franklin to charge the battery
ok
Solid state bro, hard to make, but once is made, it’s indestructible. Like a nokia 3310
You’d be surprised. Liquid cooled cable allow for huge power dumps. Also, these solid state batteries are torture tested for over 1200 cycles with almost no loss. Current batteries can’t even maintain half their capacity after just 500 cycles.
If it works correctly this could take tesla off the map
2.5 times the energy density means these electric cars could be a lot lighter. I could jump on the EV train if they charge quick and are lightweight
What if we all bought EVs for our dailys, and then saved petrol for our weekend rides? Petrol ain’t infinite.
Sounds great until you spend all your money on the weekend car and can’t afford a daily
I agree, but don’t buy EVs. At least not until our current cars are run into the ground. Or even better have a shared taxi fleet.
Neither is lithium, if you replaced every car sold from right now with a current tesla/nissan leaf/equivalent, current lithium estimations would suggest we could run out in as little as 35 years (with some estimating as early as 17 years), hardly sounds like a real solution.
If/when new superior non lithium reliant batteries are produced then I am 100% in support of your idea, I just think people need to stop treating battery powered cars as the solution to all current issues
The daily mail? Maybe we’ll need a pinch of salt. Or a jar of it.
All the salt in the Indian Ocean should do it. Maybe have the Atlantic on standby.
Add the csgo and lol playerbase aswell.
r/NFS will do you a solid on the NaCl department.
I dislike Buzzfeed-eke site like Daily Mail, but solid state batteries are an actual thing. The funny thing is they were invented by the co-inventor of the lithium ion battery .
Fisker inc claims to have a new technology to make ice obsolete;
Just waiting for this to go horribly wrong
One minute? I doubt it. If the battery is 100kWh, that means a charging power of 6 megawatts. No current (pun totally intended) charging cables can take that. Not to mention it would probably cause a localised blackout.
I came here to write this exact comment. With a voltage of 230V, what you get at home, you would need a current of 26.000 Ampere. Holy s* the cable you need for this will be more expensive than your car.
Does your local gas station have a pipe directly connected to a gas refinery? No. It stores it in a tank.
Same thing here. A charging station would likely have a giant underground battery that would enable massive current flow. In addition, a charging station would help PREVENT brownouts since it could help regulate grid current using its own stored charge.
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