Cheap, high capacity, and fast: New aluminum battery tech promises it all

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Interesting article in ars Technica about a promising new battery technology using aluminum-sulfur. While it will clearly take time to commercialize and even longer to get into EVs, the technology has some very interesting properties, including very fast charging. Not to suggest that there won't be issues with producing it in mass quantities... Obviously the devil will be in the details.

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[timbop]

"The one obvious problem it has right now is that it needs to be at 90° C (nearly the boiling point of water) to work."

 

[dml105]

"The one obvious problem it has right now is that it needs to be at 90° C (nearly the boiling point of water) to work."

Clearly, you'll need a heat pump.

(That's a joke.)

 

[Jimrpa]

Oh dear god! Yet another “miracle battery technology” that’s “just around the corner” ? where’s my Ford Nucleon already? ?

 

[Maquis]

It’s a race! Who will come in first? AlS battery, or Thorium fusion reactor? ?

 

[Logal727]

Interesting article in ars Technica about a promising new battery technology using aluminum-sulfur. While it will clearly take time to commercialize and even longer to get into EVs, the technology has some very interesting properties, including very fast charging. Not to suggest that there won't be issues with producing it in mass quantities... Obviously the devil will be in the details.

I'll get one when I get Elon's robot assistant humanoid

 

[SWO]

Oh dear god! Yet another “miracle battery technology” that’s “just around the corner” ? where’s my Ford Nucleon already? ?

Yeah, I've been reading articles about amazing technology being right around the corner for the last 25+yrs.

 

[HuntingPudel]

It’s a race! Who will come in first? AlS battery, or Thorium fusion reactor? ?

I think Doc Brown’s Mr. Fusion reactor will be available first. ??

 

[bshaw]

This might be better suited by industrial and fixed position applications because of the 90 deg thing.

Still could be a win for EVs though because that would ease the supply crunch on rare metals like lithium, etc required to make current batteries.

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