Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[sd455dan]

It sounds like this could free us from using fossil fuels for making electricity and save them for other needs that will be long lasting.

They have also been working on a Molten Salt Nuclear Battery/reactor process at University of Idaho and Idaho Nuclear Lab, Idaho Falls
progress being made as of November 2020

Nuclear Reactor Testing Device Opens Doors to Safer Energy - College of Engineering - University of Idaho

University of Idaho, Idaho Falls researchers have verified a new process to save communities millions of dollars and speed up development of the world’s first Molten Salt Nuclear Battery (MsNB), a nuclear energy reactor to generate heat and produce electricity.

www.uidaho.edu

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Definitely help with China's world image, not to mention reducing air pollution. I bet they'll start selling reactors to other countries and staff them with Chinese.

India also has loads of thorium and no uranium deposits. They are also not signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, so can build as many reactors as they like. There are a lot of reasons why thorium salt reactors are safer, but not being able to make bombs is not one of them. A thorium fast breeder creates U233, which fissions even easier than U235. It's almost impossible to melt down a thorium reactor, because the reaction cross section is thermally dependent. If the reactor vessel gets too hot, a plug in the bottom melts and drains the liquid salt, so the reaction stops before causing any damage to the reactor. Somebody smart enough could probably sabotage one, but if an operator just falls asleep, not much harm done.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Solid State Update: Chinese Company Has Massive Breakthrough | Torque News

At some point this will happen I expect.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Electric cars have much lower life cycle emissions, new study confirms

Fake news only dies with it's source.

 

[txdon]

Solid State Update: Chinese Company Has Massive Breakthrough | Torque News

At some point this will happen I expect.

Additional information - it was from a University not a company.

Chinese university develops new material to accelerate solid state battery production

A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate thei…

china-environment-news.com

"Here, a cost-effective chloride solid electrolyte, Li2ZrCl6, is reported. Its raw materials are several orders of magnitude cheaper than those for the state-of-the-art chloride solid electrolytes, but high ionic conductivity (0.81 mS cm–1 at room temperature), deformability, and compatibility with 4V-class cathodes are still simultaneously achieved in Li2ZrCl6."

A cost-effective and humidity-tolerant chloride solid electrolyte for lithium batteries - Nature Communications

Stable inorganic solid electrolytes are instrumental in developing high-voltage Li metal batteries. Here, the authors present the synthesis and electrochemical energy storage properties of a cost-effective and humidity-tolerant chloride solid electrolyte.

www.nature.com

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Eccentric electric: Citroën DS EV conversion translates a French icon

I read VW is already selling a drop in electric motor for the old VW Beetle.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Additional information - it was from a University not a company.

Chinese university develops new material to accelerate solid state battery production

A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate thei…

china-environment-news.com

"Here, a cost-effective chloride solid electrolyte, Li2ZrCl6, is reported. Its raw materials are several orders of magnitude cheaper than those for the state-of-the-art chloride solid electrolytes, but high ionic conductivity (0.81 mS cm–1 at room temperature), deformability, and compatibility with 4V-class cathodes are still simultaneously achieved in Li2ZrCl6."

A cost-effective and humidity-tolerant chloride solid electrolyte for lithium batteries - Nature Communications

Stable inorganic solid electrolytes are instrumental in developing high-voltage Li metal batteries. Here, the authors present the synthesis and electrochemical energy storage properties of a cost-effective and humidity-tolerant chloride solid electrolyte.

www.nature.com

Good point. Currently Tesla gets break through Lithium Ion battery technology from a Canadian University. Universities can generate funding income by licensing technology they patent and secure jobs for their graduates in companies like Tesla, etc.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

‘Mobility As A Service’ Concept Promises To Revolutionize Transport Accessibility

MaaS (Mobility as a Service) is projected to become a major cash cow in EV industry. Tesla is talking about collecting an extra $100,000 per car sold for Robotaxi service with their FSD 7/24/365 solution which would be a huge labor savings over a 10 year period.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Towns Trying to Ban Natural Gas Face Resistance in Their Push for All-Electric Homes - News07trends

Since a big chunk of the USA lives on the East/West coasts like with EV adoption these changes may come much later inland.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Ford Moving toward Build-to-Order, Away from Packed Dealer Lots

'I know we're wasting money on incentives,' says CEO Jim Farley, acknowledging the way people buy cars and trucks is changing.

www.caranddriver.com

"...In Mexico, there's the Ford Digital Store, which lets people buy a new vehicle 100 percent online."

I think Ford is waking up to the fact that if they don't start doing things more like Tesla they may not be around for the long term.

Today's 13 year olds will have Zero in haggling with a stranger on a new car lot in 2041. Like the burgers they order today they will just get a new car built to order at an established price that everyone else is paying.