Fisker Patents Battery It Claims Could Charge A Car In One Minute

[Frank Cannon]

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/fisker-patents-battery-it-claims-could-charge-a-car-in-one-minute/

It looks like Fisker has a trick up its sleeve. This electric-car start-up has just filed patents for a battery technology that could potentially charge a vehicle in one minute.

Fisker claims its revolutionary solid-state batteries could charge its next-generation electric cars to around 804 kilometers (500 miles) of drive time and deliver 2.5 times the energy density of typical lithium-ion batteries, Autoblog reports.

Solid-state batteries have been heralded as "the future of battery technology" for years because, as anyone with a smartphone can tell you, current batteries are really lagging behind other technologies.

Conventional batteries use a liquid organic solvent to transport charged particles back and forth between electrodes while charging and discharging. In solid-state batteries, this electrolyte is a solid, which has numerous advantages. Solid-state batteries mean a reduced risk of leaking or igniting. There’s also virtually no degradation meaning the batteries last indefinitely longer without “losing their hold”. Crucially, the solid-state electrolyte also allows for greater power density.

“This breakthrough marks the beginning of a new era in solid-state materials and manufacturing technologies,” said Dr Fabio Albano, vice president of battery systems at Fisker Inc, according to the Mail Online.

[Frank Cannon]

Tesla is finished.

[jpsb]

Tesla is finished.

LOL 

Lose Paris, your better than that skanc hoe.

[Frank Cannon]

LOL 

Lose Paris, your better than that skanc hoe.

How dare you! She is awesome!

[jpsb]

How dare you! She is awesome!

You want awesome? I'll show you awesome



The only good thing I'll say about Paris is at least she is not a tease. She delivers.

[Frank Cannon]

You want awesome? I'll show you awesome



The only good thing I'll say about Paris is at least she is not a tease. She delivers.

Is that a dude?

[jpsb]

Is that a dude?

No Frank I am pretty sure this



is a female.


Off to lunch

[thackney]

Tesla is finished.

The technology impact would be far bigger than just Tesla.  In fact Tesla would be insignificant compared to the impact to the electric power market.  There is just this one thing:

It's worth considering that this technology is still some distance away from becoming a reality – filing a patent doesn't mean the tech is actually up and running. The technology is currently marred by problems such as low electrode current density, limited materials availability, and a hefty price tag.

Well, two things actually, cost too much to use and doesn't really work all that well.  But like fusion power, someday, maybe......

[Frank Cannon]

The technology impact would be far bigger than just Tesla.  In fact Tesla would be insignificant compared to the impact to the electric power market.  There is just this one thing:

Well, two things actually, cost too much to use and doesn't really work all that well.  But like fusion power, someday, maybe......

Tech this important would be in demand fast and the price would come down in short order. It's the Holy Grail of electric car tech.

[thackney]

Tech this important would be in demand fast and the price would come down in short order. It's the Holy Grail of electric car tech.

A significant improvement in batteries is a Holy Grail of the power industry.  It has been chased after for decades.  The demand for it is immense.  It could replaces peaker units around the world, and move that load to far more efficient base-load generation or greenie-weenie solar/wind.