How The Next Batteries Will Change the World

Silicon Valley is about to commercialize revolutionary technology that will enable huge breakthroughs in the battle against global warming.
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[@lastking235]

Get rid of the word Quicktake. Makes one feel that the reporting is rushed. Just "Bloomberg" would be fine I think.

[@zodiacfml]

feels like a video by small youtubers, more than 10 minutes and plenty introduction and explanation to battery basics

[@st4ble869]

0.75 Volts to be precise

[@djvdj]

I’m sorry but humans didn’t invent electricity ⚡️ ...lol

[@Bakumatsu1]

@@lastking235 It is rushed, they're just being honest because they realize we can tell and it's a convenient excuse for them to use to explain the lower quality

[@alholic]

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

[@georgerobert2432]

You are so funny

[@aakashshekhawat]

You are so funny my kidney shift to my leg

[@scoobydicky9459]

yes. so sad.

[@2kewl4uu]

Lithium batteries can explode too

[@spideywhiplash]

You made me chuckle.😄

[@AgentSmith911]

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

[@jeffbac1889]

Because it's true, almost every year we significantly improve our batteries. Look at batteries of cellphones back in the 2000s, barely powered tiny gray screens, now batteries can power little computers with 6' 1080p touch screens than can do almost anything you could need for more than 24 hours of fair use.

[@VisualBliss.]

@@jeffbac1889 except early Nokias, they had the most advanced batterys in the universe!

[@ameliabuns4058]

@@jeffbac1889 I haven't seen a new tech be available anywhere in years. The only place I've ever seen any battery become a reality is the realgraphene powerbank and in some RC battery packs

[@DacLMK]

@@VisualBliss. I disagree. Couple of years ago my uncle gave me his old Nokia 3310 and 5110, and the original batteries of both devices could barely last 10 minutes. I agree that the later Li-Ion batteries did last long (I had a Nokia X2-00 which lasted me almost a week, and my father's basic Nokia X1-01 could last for two weeks with normal usage, even today after 10 years), but the old Ni-Mh batteries were horrible.

[@rogerramjet6134]

And it has been happening for decades. Both solar panels and batteries have been declining in price exponentially for 70 years, and show no indications that they will or must slow in the next 20.

[@organizedchaos4559]

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

[@riantidownload4044]

See you again in March 2026

[@axelfoley1812]

👍🤔👍

[@lukestimson6604]

Quantumscape will be it

[@Levitiy]

Battery technology is not the silicon semiconductor. So, the question isn't who, but how could it?

[@hman0121]

@@hammerhand5059 you're a time traveller?? 😂

[@DerekWelchElectric]

Electricity wasn't invented, it was discovered.

[@indian-tech-support]

True it's always been there just never used

[@FSXgta]

@@indian-tech-support well your nerve system and brain use electricity. So more like we use it without knowing

[@vtr279]

@@FSXgta Interesting comments! Makes a person wonder what else - exactly - is occurring unbeknownst to us at this time.

[@indian-tech-support]

@@FSXgta as i said its always been here

[@FSXgta]

@@indian-tech-support well then I misunderstood what you meant by "never used" 😅

[@thetntsheep4075]

They have to be recyclable as well.

[@5DNRG]

Thank you! 👍👍👍

[@yzrippin]

Everything decays eventually be patient

[@thetntsheep4075]

@@yzrippin Without battery recycling we will probably run out of lithium/other rare metals that are vital for battery production very quickly. Even if we don't, the mining would cause immense damage to the environment.

[@Naiuhz]

@@yzrippin Yes but if it takes thousands to tens of thousands of years to decay, we quickly out produce the rate it takes to decay.

[@yzrippin]

@@thetntsheep4075 The mining for the minerals is Completely localised and impact can be mitigated your right recycling is important however your missing the point of Off Earth mining

[@spacewalker9375]

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

[@gig2734]

It should be changed from "it is not rocket science" to "it is not battery science".

[@BillAnt]

Indeed battery storage is lacking behind computing technology, mainly due to the lack of need for high energy density batteries till the recent explosion of EV's. Up until recently small batteries worked fine in phone and laptops, but now we need large storage capacities in a relatively small space. I believe that the solution is not in chemical batteries, rather in Super-Capacitors which pick up the charge electrostatically. It has several advantages: 1. There's no chemical to degrade over the time. 2. It charges extremely fast, within minutes if not seconds. 3. It has a high energy density. There are several companies exploring this technology.

[@sihotech]

@@BillAnt I read about graphene battery, they say it'll be revolutionary... they probably say that about every new battery tech.

[@BillAnt]

​@@sihotech < Well, like with any new technology there's lots of trial and error, some will fail while others succeed. Regardless of the technology used, the aim should be a high density and affordable battery which stores and equal or higher amount of energy than the current gasoline based fuels. Consumers will always go for the lowest cost and most convenient products, that's just how it has always been.

[@Itsudemo1]

@@sihotech graphene in lipos exist, you can buy them but there's not much difference in performance

[@CuriousAndCuriouser1865]

"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....

[@abisek.e7636]

yep, sad

[@ExternalInputs]

@@abisek.e7636It should be ovious that if it was an easy process, it would have been achieved, or one of the many other companies also working on this would have gotten to market.

[@abisek.e7636]

@@ExternalInputs yeah of course.. but we also should see the time going on

[@luckyadeloye3452]

But what have you invented? All these things take time to perfect them!!!

[@abisek.e7636]

@@luckyadeloye3452 can you pls chill? Did I told any outrageous response? I just told that time is going on and what that means is we should invest more in which really matters, better research next time Mr

[@chrissscottt]

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

[@Rysander1]

So go read the source material?

[@demonitized6208]

Well they can’t just give away the recipe of the pancake right?

[@GrandPrixDecals]

@@demonitized6208 here’s the recipe - oil from snakes

[@pradumnjoshi]

I was about to say the same, I don't see any technical specification that would make me excited. Just like Nuclear fusion battery tech has been 5-10 years away. I am not saying there are no innovations but they have been often incremental and evolutionary certainly not revolutionary. It's just poor journalism, as far as tech is concerned the quality of journalism has been very poor from Bloomberg.

[@guerillachan20]

fisker already dropped out of solid state market. The last 10% is very hard to overcome.

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

I have been hearing this for 15 years.

[@bozo5632]

And batteries have become dramatically cheaper and more capable in those 15 years.

[@shorb2289]

@@bozo5632 no they haven't

[@Brandon_letsgo]

@@shorb2289 That's right. We're so far away from the ideia of the "perfect battery". Los Angeles Police Department did lease a bunch of EV and the record shows that they're useless. Officers do not wanna drive them. So they're parked. Some clerks are using them for personal driving. A woman that was caught at a nail saloon driving one of these EV ended up fired.

[@YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech]

@@Brandon_letsgo Those 2015 LAPD EV's were BMW i3's which only had the 22-kWh battery pack that produced 81 miles of range. Of course they weren't gonna be used. The 2021 Tesla Model 3 has a range of 263 miles. And newer electric cars are coming out soon like the Lucid Air which will have 517 miles range. This technology is gonna keep improving and become cheaper. Everything demands it, smart phones, smart computers, electric vehicles, storage capacity for renewable energy, etc.

[@halluminium]

@@shorb2289 shitty bait

[@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."

[@antonsjoberg]

It's heavily disputed by some scientists though.

[@harshbarj]

People are calling them batteries. But reality is they are not constructed in a way that actually make them batteries. Only one of the two conductors extended outside the "battery". So it's virtually a guarantee they were not batteries.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@Craig Carmichael Except those tombs are much older than the battery. Ancient Egypt is *really* ancient. The "Baghdad battery" - if that's even what it was - was only slightly older than Julius Caesar. King Tut died over 1000 years before that. Construction of the Great Pyramids finished about 1000 years before that. The pyramids were as ancient to Cleopatra and Caesar as Cleopatra and Caesar are to us

[@jaczekdertuerke]

@@jeffbenton6183 nicely put in perspective

[@TheDennys21]

Oh please, they aren't even sure if that's a battery, it's probably not.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” ― Plato

[@andrewjensen8189]

Your mom is the mother if you

[@budg7525]

"We're only in it for the money!" -- Mothers of Invention

[@jmuld1]

@@budg7525 If people don't want it, why built it?

[@L.M1792]

Correct. This outdated economic structuring harms this planet and its inhabitants.

[@nothing9220]

Passion and curiosity too...

[@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

[@goranjosic]

As far as I understand, lithium is cheaper to recycle, if done the right way, than to take out a new one!

[@tming28]

ABML will be huge!

[@HernanValdes]

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

[@aswingsharif6729]

Yes of course. Ask Neo, he had been visiting the Oracle and the Matrix.

[@HernanValdes]

@@aswingsharif6729 XD of course I was joking man but do people realize how cool it is to take radiation from the sun and turn that energy into a sugar molecule? That's sick

[@viperfang5291]

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@ovadyarachman7243]

Actually there are more energy dense molecules than glucose and ATP that offer higher energy per volume, thermal effects, insulative effects, and hormonal effects.

[@6Oko6Demona6]

Glucose is not a battery, it's a combustible source of energy. That's why it's so energy dense. But it is still a poor source of energy, fat is way better, it's 2.25 times more energy dense than glucose. It's easy to achieve high energy output from the source that is destroyed in the process (like fuel). But not so in the batteries. You can not expect batteries to be as energy dense as combustibles. That's why they're not going to be used on planes.

[@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.

[@W123]

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

[@tonycns]

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

[@jorgec30]

Plenty of scientists have been ahead of their time, and limited by the technology of their time. Id it say it sounds about time

[@LuisRomeroLopez]

But that's just 6 years. For a reference, the first time I hear abou the concept of an e-book (like a Kindle) was in the early or middle 90s.

[@henryeghaghara9385]

Tonycns you are so myopic Battery tech have advance significantly in last few years, if you can't see that you must be brain dead

[@tonycns]

​@@henryeghaghara9385 If you’re reading this, you’ve been in a coma for 10 years. We’re trying a new technique. We don’t know where this message will end up in your dream, but we’re hoping we got through. PLEASE WAKE UP!

[@geo8626]

except your phone battery has double the capacity it used to have and charges four times as fast

[@PompayKing123]

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?

[@ok0_0]

it's all anti-nuclear propaganda

[@GrantSR]

They do that all the time. It's as if every video editor gets assigned the same library of images, and steam from cooling towers is the only image in their "pollution" B-roll folder.

[@tristenlentz169]

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)

[@Greg-TC]

The latest update that I heard on it was that scientists don’t think it would have worked and that it likely was not a battery. But hey, who knows

[@jeffbenton6183]

Since we don't know if that even was a battery, it doesn't count. If it was if would've been *very* impractical. Enough to give you a somewhat uncomfortable shock, but not enough to do anything significant.

[@fellowabhi]

Was expecting something of Graphene

[@engravedhourglass8288]

Its too expensive..

[@kawa1755]

Allot of new ideas none are doing well

[@vishalkrsingh6184]

Power banks with graphene are already available

[@candygirl6323]

I am pleased to see research/development making progress....with the increasing global warming events, we the world needs to change our traditional ways..

[@cuddleheart5306]

The 'secret' substance for solid state batteries is graphene. This is going to change the game. Interestingly enough, the guy who helped discover solid state battery technology also helped invent lithium ion batteries and RAM.

[@-fuk57]

“Quote. Quote, quote, quote.” -Quoted.

[@goldrake821]

"“Quote. Quote, quote, quote.” -Quoted." -Quoted quote.

[@-fuk57]

@@goldrake821 Hashtag: True.

[@kodo1232]

OK

[@nathanielmcdonald1910]

@@goldrake821 deep

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

Ok

[@mcgruffsnuts305]

Very cool cutting edge information thank you !

[@quosswimblik4489]

I just sort of have this picture of this micron sized webbed semi-sphere crystal which expands but not to much when its charging and contracts when it's discharging. So it needs to chemically bond when its releasing energy and separate and artificially bond to different strands in the crystal during charge. I was thinking of doing this with some sort of aluminium sulphide setup. 600-1000 Mah to the gram Is kinda significantly cheaper cars sort of territory.

[@chris24hdez]

1:56 i always wondered where the Spanish term "pila" came from when referring to a "battery". However "battery" could also be considered as a description of plurality, such as a "battery of tests". Therefore a "battery" is a "bundle" of anions and cations.

[@JonS]

Benjamin Franklin coined the term battery to describe a bank of capacitors (not electrochemical cells) that he was shown.

[@gregvanpaassen]

A single cathode-separator-anode unit is called a cell. A battery (in the old, proper usage) is two or more cells like in the voltaic pile. A 12V lead-acid battery as seen in cars has six 2 volt cells chained in series. These days, even a single cell often gets called a battery in ordinary usage, like an 18650 Li-ion "battery".

[@JonS]

@@gregvanpaassen I've given up trying to tell people that a single cell is not a battery!

[@superkasanova1979]

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.

[@PlanktoniusRex]

Terrible way to invest.

[@johnrankie4004]

QS goal for the year was to have four cells, they reported they were able to stack ten cells 8/21, your shares in QS are very volatile; but IMO, a great investment, add when able.

[@Handyman247llc]

I look forward to see where the new technology takes us and how it will impact out world environmentally and our world adaptive nature.

[@alimfuzzy]

For large scale energy storage the safer, more reliable long-term choice is Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB). It's an all liquid battery which doesn't catch fire. It's used for large scale renewable energy storage but one day may be reduced in size.

[@King.Mark.]

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

[@paulferris8180]

Hoki and they nearly wiped them out.

[@thedudefromrobloxx]

?

[@CraigDavies.]

I built an electric bike in 2016 the ebike forums said the price of batteries would go down every year. I can't get a cheaper battery today.

[@Psilocybism]

Oh they are cheaper alright... To produce... Just not for you

[@PlanktoniusRex]

And to think: a random group on the internet was wrong. The horror.....

[@GoTeamScotch]

I'm excited about a bigger focus on cleaning up our energy systems, but I cant help but wonder about the cost of these clean solutions. The mine where the metals were sourced from. The gas powered trucks and trains that transported the materials around. The lights the workers used to see while working, which may be powered by a nearby coal plant. Dont get me wrong, I'm all for a cleaner future. But it's hard for me to get excited about clean solutions that require a ton of energy and materials to create... which produce a lot of greenhouse gasses and waste in the process.

[@gig2734]

It will go the same way as it did for Tesla: In the beginning, they produce for a small market, and from year to year they try to expand production.

[@ciocki]

How do we make the energy that charges the batteries?

[@misruler9370]

With all do respect. Electricity was a discovery and not an invention. It is a common mistake to speak of invention and discovery as being the same. This does not take away from the meaning of the video as it is very informative and well-done.

[@AscendtionArc]

Thank you for this video.

[@ascen_dent7295]

Thanks ☺️

[@glennalexon1530]

Enovix is trying to make a minor change to lithium ion batteries? This video should be called "A long-wined ad for one of dozens of companies working on anodes".

[@pw7225]

Stellar summary. Well done, Bloomberg.

[@Junyo]

Summary? These are the same "fake promises" we've seen hundreds of times in the past 30 years. This item is Bloomberg showing the World they only employ high-schoolers who are still surprised by press-releases the older generations have already seen so many times before (and there are more than a few lies in this item as well to keep the share-holders happy).

[@skylarkesselring6075]

@@Junyo bloomberg is always super light on details heavy on narrative. As in, they don't really produce compelling news, they mostly just give brief summaries on topics and give them an editorial flare to keep attention.

[@NickRoman]

I saw a video a couple years ago that seemed to be talking about this same battery. I don't remember the company. But they were talking more about cell phone batteries and how this new kind is safer and won't catch fire. The guy charged up the battery and drove a nail through it and nothing happened, unlike lithium ion that would burst into flames.

[@joshuahuver8554]

Have you tried to compress it with transistor structures and a cuircuitt

[@moodtherapist]

Interesting but a shame you missed the biggest step change in battery technology which is the use of graphene. A company called Gnanomat in Spain has some seriously mind blowing improvements under development.

[@youngadventuresaustralia952]

Couldn't find the share price online whats the share code mate?

[@lonibytyqi6093]

@@youngadventuresaustralia952 They are private.

[@tuut1241]

How about the "Baghdad Battery"? It was certainly around way before Volta made his discovery.

[@ME-uk8oi]

Very Informative

[@larcomj]

In the battery industry a break through happens every couple of years, the science is hard but, bringing a battery to market is MUCH harder. youll be lucky to see this new tech with in a decade.

[@purushottam_paramdharma]

why is that? wouldn't big companies profit, with state-of-the-art cheaper batteries? it will help them be above the competition

[@Simon-dm8zv]

@@purushottam_paramdharma 1. Shortage in mining capacity of materials (mainly nickel). 2. Engineering the machines that can produce new battery tech in large amounts efficient and fast enough.

[@nagitoyup6929]

Batteries are very old. But fundamentals never changed. We need completely new form of energy storage.

[@tejarshihardas8707]

What about the carbon footprint of manufacturing the battery itself? Metal mining, especially lithium, is insanely nature intensive.

[@user-fy1hp5qi4u]

That's what I was thinking bhai 👍

[@sufferr2914]

didn't they explain in the video that lithium is not actually used in the construction of the battery but instead refers to the actual lithium ion used to store energy?

[@Simon-dm8zv]

Voor EVs total production emissions of the battery pack are at about 100 kg of CO2 per kWh. Not too bad and definitely worth it.

[@Ghst-tl9ec]

Shhhhh, don't bring logic into the discussion. We are saving the Fk'n planet!!!!

[@Ghst-tl9ec]

@@Simon-dm8zv And what charges the battery? You think covering the planet with windmills and solar panels has no environmental effects?

[@sinfullv9411]

Didn't the Egyptian made the first primitive battery with clay jar, citrus and copper?

[@JamieM20001996]

Technically that's a cell

[@andreskerschen7460]

3:44 - Cool

[@Kartik_Z8]

I love the way you represented this new thing...

[@userisongrind2395]

This is the best video I have watched in years

[@debr4265]

You watched only that video then

[@Smith15447]

@Bloomberg Quicktake Look into Proton Technologies Canada and what they're currently doing in Saskatchewan. If, and it's a big IF, but if a green, economical, and abundant source of hydrogen became possible, even after consideration of efficiencies, lithium-ion batteries would need to improve energy density by 14x and reduce charge time by 85% to compete. This would be particularly true of industrial/commercial vehicles and equipment. Looks as though we'll still need kerosene for long-haul flights for the foreseeable future though.

[@sidneyrago]

yeah but where we gonna storage the battery if they los it's power? or got old, or the car gets old etc

[@higherlearning7418]

Ever heard of the "Baghdad battery"? This guy said the first battery was made 1799

[@gerhardwagner8654]

Main stream doesn’t accept it , Ignorants !

[@Shadow__133]

I was there, it leaked and sucked. Plus not many thing to use it with.

[@kasmopaya2676]

The old Egypt's had it first.

[@paulferris8180]

Yeah. I was scanning comments to see who else knew. Yet the light emitting device pictured by the ancient Egyptians remains unknown.

[@paulferris8180]

@@gerhardwagner8654 what's not to except you can make one in 5 minutes, they're truly ignorant.

[@freebie808]

The irony of wanting this is needing precious metals and rare earth minerals which are hard to mine.

[@Ghst-tl9ec]

But, we savin' the planet....

[@adambkehl]

He seemed so thrilled to light than LED up

[@ravindertalwar553]

Congratulations 👏 and all the best for your success and happiness 💓

[@reverendoz]

What about NDB (Nano Diamond Battery)?

[@eagle___shadow]

👍

[@suman-majhi]

what about graphene battery?

[@AnimeHumanCoherence]

Meme technology that never leaves the lab. Scaling production of graphene is too expensive to make it worth the investment.

[@yengsabio5315]

@@AnimeHumanCoherence That's what people say about photovoltaic solar panels way back in the 70s & 80s. So I say, let's wait & see.

[@suman-majhi]

@@AnimeHumanCoherence yes... you are right... bt no one knows what is waiting for the future... back in 2005... no one thought nokia would be abolished

[@AnimeHumanCoherence]

@@suman-majhi That is completely true, but we can't place our hopes in an unproven lab bench discovery. When an affordable process comes along that'll make graphene a useful material for these applications, than sure, make a product. But as of right now, and the past few years, it's simply just not viable to plan for it. There are many, many discoveries that promise the world that are also forgotten because they can't scale to fulfill those promises. Basically happens every year.

[@jay-uo2bi]

@@AnimeHumanCoherence Pretty much all in development battery ideas/concepts are in the lab. The technology still has to be researched and doesn't just come out of thin air. The fact that its not in mass production absolutely does not mean it's a potentially viable idea.

[@johnpaulminguito]

Go men, You can do it, I salute to all of the scientists, engineees, physicists etc.

[@wardude7806]

Slim battery will need more charge. Imagine a battery charging itself from everything in every condition! Fantastic

[@moriart13]

I've been hearing about "battery breakthrough" for like 5 years, and none of it is happening🆗

[@Junyo]

Trust me...I've heard "battery breakthrough" for 30+ years and less than 0.1% has ever went to mass-production stage.

[@moriart13]

@@Junyo going form Nicd to Lion was at least something

[@Ghst-tl9ec]

They are making too much money to advance it quickly.

[@FlorianKarmelk]

My battery died when i was watching this

[@inspiregrow2336]

😂😂😂

[@roshanthapa9321]

🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@d947]

Ok xD

[@nou4898]

cool

[@FlorianKarmelk]

Wow i never had so many likes

[@reving4896]

thanks a lot

[@BillAnt]

I believe that the solution is not in chemical batteries, rather in Super-Capacitors which pick up the charge electrostatically. It has several advantages: 1. There's no chemical to degrade over the time. 2. It charges extremely fast, within minutes if not seconds. 3. It has a high energy density. There are several companies exploring this technology.

[@maiarosewatts3529]

soul energy

[@jevontewatson7331]

great video

[@krill_inksanity]

9:25 What is the name of this song?

[@TheCaptainLulz]

Remember that more energy density can equal more fire and boom in case of an accident. Energy is conserved, so a fully charged battery shorting will be lethal. These are great for grid storage, but Id be reluctant to sit atop one in a car. And, the biggest challenge right now isnt capacity, its the number of chargers and charging time holding the tech back. EVs are already perfect for city travel, and there are tons of chargers in cities now. But traveling, say, from Sault St. Marie in Ontario to Thunder bay is still very difficult, and for trucks in particular, thats a game ender right now. Its much the same in the US, where travel up the west coast is very doable, but going cross country isnt, unless you want to stop after every 6 hours to plug into a wall overnight. Still, its progress.

[@AnimeHumanCoherence]

Perhaps with the solid lithium battery, but he mentioned that they are unsafe in the video. Currently Tesla's are the safest vehicles on the road, despite the large battery packs.

[@disposabull]

There is an alternative to batteries, high temperature super conducting cables. Super conducting materials by definition can transfer vast amounts of energy over vast distances with zero loss. That means you can generate power in the Sahara and then transmit it to Shanghai or San Francisco with zero energy loss. When it is night time in Alaska, it is peak solar generating capacity in the Sahara no batteries are required to store the energy because it just gets sent to the opposite side of the planet with no loss to be consumed.

[@therighteous802]

It doesn't solve EVs though.

[@disposabull]

@@therighteous802 Why do EV's need to be solved? They seem to be working just fine. The problem with renewables is that they are intermittent and unreliable so they require massive batteries on the grid to store energy when the sun isn't shining. The only alternative is to have a planet sized super conducting grid so you can consume energy on the opposite side of the planet.

[@therighteous802]

@@disposabull I'm no expert and I don't have an EV, but I think energy density is the main thing to improve. It's also what could make electric planes happen. Charge time is another, although I guess we can swap batteries (but we would need to produce a lot more than necessary).

[@ruttolomeo1987]

Italian Antonio Meucci: invents the phone. English-speaking world: we'll take it from here, thanks. Italian Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci: invent combustion engine. English-speaking world: we'll take it from here, thanks. Italian Enrico Fermi: discovers nuclear energy. English-speaking world: we'll take it from here, thanks. Italian Alessandro Volta: invents the battery. English-speaking world: we'll take it from here, thanks. Italy: Guys, we're running out of money here. The world: It's all your fault mafia pizza mamma boys, stop crying.

[@renzoqu]

and we are here. 20 years later, learning things about batteries

[@DigitalArtisan77]

Why would a mechanically expanding battery not work? Would the area change give too much resistance shift throughout the cycle?

[@kerbatonbaton8108]

How long will this simple copper zinc battery last? How long will the LED shine?

[@sumbirdy1741]

Likely hours at the most.

[@Ddub1083]

Not nearly as long as it took to build it.

[@leostgeorge2080]

As long as there is electrons to convert to photons.

[@kpopempire1475]

What happened to the Goodenough solid-state battery everyone was hyping about last year?

[@craigthebrute2409]

It was faked

[@henriqueportelasantos9195]

@@craigthebrute2409 Just like these examples seem to be...

[@DRTerabyte]

@@craigthebrute2409 Not true.

[@craigthebrute2409]

@@DRTerabyte so where is it?

[@DRTerabyte]

@@craigthebrute2409 wasn’t faked. It is still in testing, things don’t just appear it not goes through testing, feasibility and cost reduction.

[@bananabread1480]

the thing that no one thinks about is silicon is a finite recourse that's used absolutely every where cant be recycled were going to run out of it eventually just like oil and gas which is estimated we only have 40 ish years left

[@polizeitroisdorf1422]

Silicon also is one of the most abundant elements so it would also be relatively cheap I suppose

[@GrantFerdinandsen]

I’m pretty sure the Tesla team announced during battery day that they’re starting to use silicon. Correct me if I’m wrong?

[@kulio212]

Akira Yoshino invented the first safe lithium ion battery

[@aussieausbourne1]

The voltaic pile was not the first time we generated electricity others not understanding the connection between electricity and magnetism had generated sparks by passing magnets between coiled copper and still others stored electricity in Leyden jars generated from glass rods and silk but yes the first source of continuous stable electricity was the pile.

[@ConfirmedSource]

Solid Power Inc. already in the testing phases with BMW and Ford as partners.

[@efone3553]

lets all hope this comes true but please do not hold your breath!

[@horikatanifuji5038]

I don't think anyone can hold their breath that long.

[@imperpekto12ify]

Dang!!! This is exciting!!!!

[@abbayrai6340]

You guyz should also explore log9 materials

[@brahmburgers]

I'm old enuf to recall when Prez Carter allocated mega dollars to the Big 3 US automakers - to develop better batteries for vehicles. The Big 3 took the Fed grants, but didn't deliver anything useful. Anywho, I liked this video very much. Thanks!

[@JigilJigil]

Great video, but you missed some of the other noted companies such as Tesla, Sila Nanotechnologies,...

[@shreyashkolhe7887]

So inshort they are trying to make a higher density battery

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Yep

[@skylarkesselring6075]

Yes, but also a lot of research goes into cheaper/longer lasting batteries as well. Tesla is investing heavily in cheaper/longer lasting but less dense (relatively speaking) batteries. This allows cheaper electric cars to be built and for long term energy storage where price and performance beat out size for many companies

[@bxbank]

BYD seem to be making innovative batteries. Did you look at them? It is really important that battery designs can be recycled.

[@acikacika]

Let's just hope there's no more wars over these new technology solutions

[@mauricesupot6641]

America never goes down without a fight

[@JogBird]

the silicon tech presented sounds increibly expensive to manufacture, w no margin for error

[@user49917]

It might end up using more energy and natural resources than petroleum

[@serenamente5192]

No it doesn't lmao

[@ogc9649]

Like a chip lol

[@sufferr2914]

@@serenamente5192 they were talking about imperfections on a microscopic level which means that it would need crazy high tolerances and that would be crazy expensive. remember this has to compete with your everyday double A battery. Telsa Cars use a mildly bigger double A looking battery

[@serenamente5192]

@@sufferr2914 The tech is there for up to 2 nanometers. Microscopic level isn't much noteworthy

[@risingmoon893]

Are they not gonna say how expensive these batteries will be cause of economics of scale and whatnot?

[@risingmoon893]

@ROM LUNDY I know, and how is that relevant?

[@Vision_Voyagers]

I haven't read an article about the gold batteries, which have lower degrading life, can hold backup for much longer like months. The problem is people are hoarding gold which makes it very expensive.

[@niggacockball7995]

Its goverments holding most of the gold

[@ajdesmond9545]

The thing is they’ve had this in the bag for years probably decades But didn’t use it went with other methods instead like lithium batteries

[@timhaigh2484]

This was interesting. But once again this “green” video on batteries only discussed use improvements (no gaseous emissions) and failed to talk about disposal, repairability, or recyclability of any or all of the components of the subject batteries. Batteries are going to be the plastic of the next age: a blight on the landscape unless we design for disposal (grave).

[@shaneintegra]

I wish I was younger so I could witness what's to come

[@neilknightley4703]

How old are u ?

[@purushottam_paramdharma]

damn man, don't make me sad

[@laurenz1337_]

I think you'll live for 5 more years lmao

[@JonS]

You are younger than you will be! And if you were younger you’d have missed all the things you did get to see introduced in your lifetime. If you were born tomorrow, at some point you’d still be bemoaning the same thing. “I wish I was younger so I could witness the teleporter that’s to come”. In a world of continuous change, there’s no place to get to.

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

take proactive care of your health, vote for those that support drastic medical research funding increases, research/invest/donate to longevity biotech causes if you can

[@texastexas4541]

Is the negative terminal at low potential compared to positive terminal? If so, how would electrons move from low to high potential? Everyone uses water tank analogy to tell us that things move from high to low potential.

[@bradcole2015]

The material they are using as a conductor in the pouches is graphene at a guess

[@TheAstronomyDude]

Quantum scape is a scam. They're literally repackaging another company's solid state batteries. It's why they don't have any patents. You can buy those lithium metal paper thin batteries on eBay and they work! Their energy density is garbage though.

[@clarencetse]

butthurt bagholder detected

[@macd1327]

Lol

[@SerpentInside]

Got the same impression. Theranos II.

[@skylineXpert]

As long as the PRC gets kept out of this then...

[@8traceur90]

Scared ?

[@henkterbeest4938]

Might be a dumb question, but at the start of the video you guys made a battery. The 10stacked layer of zinc, coffeefilter and copper that made energy. With that you could power a led. So where does this energy come from? It looks like the greenest solution to produce energy (maybe technically a “little more” developed then haha). A 4 layer composite that produces energy on its own.

[@kurenai5000]

The power from the voltaic pile comes from the "voltage differential" from the two metals. Essentially one metal is negative and the other is positive. You can look up a list online to see. Minerals and metals naturally conduct energy and a charge so combining them together in electrolyte like the salt water they used lets their power flow and be usable. Or if you want a more occultic answer the power comes from "space".