How The Next Batteries Will Change the World

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[spacewalker]

Yep. I took an energy storage course back in college and there are literally so many little things that can alter the performance of the battery and tons of materials research out there done to help change batteries. It's trying to find the best combo and how to deal with its advantages and disadvantages. Batteries still has a long way to go

[organizedchaos]

I’m coming back in 5 years to see who actually revolutionize the industry

[alholic]

It'll be a sad day for movies in the future when cars shot in fuel tank will never explode anymore.

[AgentSmith]

"new amazing battery coming soon" - I've heard this for years now lol

[DerekWelchElectric]

Electricity wasn't invented, it was discovered.

[CuriousAndCuriouser]

"We've made a partnership with Volkswagen in 2012 to make a joint venture to commercialize the cell and go into manufacturing together." That was 9 years ago tho....

[chrissscottt]

Too light on details which is so common in battery reports.

[hhiskgj]

I have been hearing this for 15 years.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Plato

[TeraAFK]

"Baghdad Battery. A 2, 200-year-old clay jar found near Baghdad, Iraq, has been described as the oldest known electric battery in existence."

[JoseGSada]

The battery recycling industry will experience monumental growth in the following years. Li-Cycle currently is at the verge of a global expansion to set up recycling centers. Interesting enough

[W]

Inventing new technology of high efficiency batteries nowadays is like fighting with airdynamics how to fly an airplane back in 1900s, it seems to be hard, but understandable now

[PompayKing]

Am I the only one who got annoyed when they said petroleum energy and showed the huge amounts of steam from nuclear power plants as a way of showing pollution?

Quote: the best battery in nature is called glucose and is only rivaled by ATP

[tonycns]

I've been hearing about "new" batteries changing the world since 2015 and nothing has really changed yet

[King.Mark.]

"QUOTE " we don't even know where fish fingers come from "

~ the fish

[superkasanova]

Turning 42 this year and I bought 3 shares of stock in Quantum Space (QS) this year. It is the first stock I ever bought. I believe in what they are doing and the CEO has the right vision to lead the company. Once scaled, these will be the most in-demand batteries out there.

[VanessáFrutiger]

The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar with a stopper made of asphalt. Sticking through the asphalt is an iron rod surrounded by a copper cylinder. (Before the 1700’s)

[MarlBobbins]

very interesting video, thank you! I think it´s important though to look at negative aspects of these new batteries aswell, for example the problematic extraction of lithium would probably become even worse if more of the battery was made with lithium. Not to say that these companies are bad, but it´s important to keep a complete view of the impacts of these kind of innovations.