Breakthrough Battery Makes EVs Charge FASTER Than Gas Cars!

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Enter at www.omaze.com/twobit for your chance to win an Unplugged Tesla Model S Plaid S-APEX and support a great cause.

[@vincentstrader]

Just to let you know the link to omaze in the description is messed up it is adding the word "for" to the link and causing it to 404 error out.

[@filonin2]

Ironically, burning wood for warmth is actually renewable and carbon neutral if you burn local wood.

[@pip5461]

Well, that was most interesting... if Tesla experiments with the technology, It wouldn't be long before the rest copy suit...

[@musicman1508]

I can deal with giving my email up for the chance at the car but my phone number? That is not very nice.

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

@@filonin2 Burning wood is only renewable if you are growing as much wood as you are Burning and very few are.

[@makeitcold6649]

Just to add some context as I'm a shareholder in GMG, their batteries are 100% recyclable and hold the same energy density as LFP batteries, in fact once you deduct the weight of the thermal management system and the energy it uses for NMC batteries, it's almost a wash. The theoretical power density is also twice that of Li-ion and they are much less toxic and not nearly as prone to overheating as Li-ion. Love hearing coverage on these guys, great info!

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@MichaelRainabbaRichardson]

GMG? Stock symbol? If so, which exchanges?

[@makeitcold6649]

@@MichaelRainabbaRichardson Graphene Manufacturing Group is an Australian company that trades on the otc market as GMGMF or on the Toronto stock exchange as GMG.V

[@anydaynow01]

@@makeitcold6649 Yeah I've brought the Turquoise H2 production GMG uses to Ricky in the past, good to see he is now understanding the impact of this tech. We have so much CH4, and its distribution is ingrained in our society. It's a perfect delivery system to have produce H2 locally and carbon black for batteries instead of mining and refining graphite which is so detrimental.

[@SkepticalCaveman]

Graphene aluminium batteries and aluminium air batteries complement each other very well, one is lower density but can recharge many times and the other has the best energy density, but is single use only. So a car can have grapheme aluminium battery with 100-150 km range for daily commuting, and space to attach an aluminium air battery or two for long trips. This would be especially useful for semi trucks.

[@Wendy-nm9zw]

I'm done with electric cars, I went back to gasoline because of all hassle associated with electric cars and trucks ! No more for me , I've learned my lesson and my " ELECTRIC CAR ANXIETY SYNDROME IS GONE " ... Happy days are here again !!

[@aceroadholder2185]

Ah, the game changing battery technology breakthrough for the month of August. I was beginning to think there wouldn't be one as the month was nearly over.

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

when you're dumping billions into the tech, that's a understatement.

[@craigdowd1017]

Someone should let TESLA know about this BREAKTHROUGH !

[@rodrigojds]

thats the beauty of science..we're always discovering new things

[@teddystoner8288]

Waiting n waiting for all this new technology to improve my life. Until then I'll keep driving my 2006 Toyota. Who new they made cars that lasted.

[@nielsjensen4185]

Imagine being so anti-intellectual in your beliefs that you're categorically unable to understand the concept of technological advancement.^ How is life back in 1822? That must after all be where you are mentally.

[@ferfromla]

Like everything we find on the Internet about batteries, they are still not ready for real-world applications. But I believe that there will be a breakthrough at some point, and we will have something that works. I appreciate that you are following these developments and sharing them with us.

[@randybobandy9828]

I have zero faith in this new "tech" we have heard for decades a new battery technology is going to replace Lithium and nobody has delivered.

[@gregbailey45]

Mass production of graphene is the answer, apparently!

[@randybobandy9828]

@@gregbailey45 and we have no idea how to accomplish that.

[@changsangma1915]

@@randybobandy9828 ....."we have no idea how to accompls..." Leave the problem solving to the real Pros in technology development, average joe can mind its mundane business like making proper grocery list to not spend too much on stuff not needed in the refrigerator.

[@hebleh5771]

@@changsangma1915 It's the pros that say this...... there are no researched ways to feasibly mass produce graphene, why do you think that graphene has been heralded as the next wonder material for almost 2 decades now.

[@rklauco]

The challenge is to manufacture graphene in reasonable way - if that happens, it will open opportunities we can't even imagine - not in batteries, but in things such as heaters, coolers, ... I have to point out one thing - the production quality of your videos went up significantly. I did not even realized until now that it was lacking something, but with this video I see the progress. Congrats to the team!

[@sukhpreetriyat8505]

Look into graphene manufacturing group

[@ricnyc2759]

"The challenge is to manufacture graphene in reasonable way". Yes, but everybody knew that already. And what's the point of making a battery with a material that's not "manufactured in reasonable way"? First they have to know how to make it, them say they are making "graphene batteries".

[@mikereinhardt1244]

That is really the whole point of GMG, they say they can make graphene for a reasonable price. As Sukhpreet said, look into GMG, they are not a battery company that needs to find reasonably priced graphene, they are a graphene production company that found a really good use for their graphene... or at least that is the promise, we will have to wait and see just like with everything else.

[@anydaynow01]

When producing graphene from CH4 the cost is a lot less verses graphite since you just have to deal with the impurities from the catalyst to cause the carbon to precipitate from the turquoise H2 production. It is a very interesting process GMG has to make the pure carbon black for their graphene production.

[@CHIEF_420]

🎓

[@Ecusfug]

Lets say you have a 100kwh battery and charge that in 8 mins. Or better 6 so the power is 10*100kw = 1MW. If you have an insane 10'000 Volt Cable it still needs to handle 100A. Not forget the plug and all the electronics in the car. And if you have a 98% efficiency, you still have 2% of 100kwh = 2kwh to cool in 8 mins thats 2 hairdryers running for 1 houer.. And when 10 Cars are at the Power Station the plant needs to deliver 10MW just to one Gas Station.

[@C-M-E]

I've been making my own graphene for the last year and have gotten my process down to about $10 US per liter (done in much larger batches of course). It's not difficult in the process, rather it's time consuming on a low/medium scale, however it would easily ramp up to industrial size operations with larger equipment. I wasn't happy with using off-the-shelf graphite as that's a major cost if you intend to do it that way, so you might say my version falls into the synthetic variety. On the plus side, it's far, Far easier to get higher quality and pristine alignment rather cheaply in the conversion process. I'm constantly evolving and refining the techniques, and just yesterday I stumbled into a better use of the byproducts to turn some of the chemicals involved into soil-buffing fertilizer and am now wondering with yet another tweak, recapturing even more to use directly as electrolyte. I've got a lot on my plate for application testing in the next year, as initially I got into this to make 3D printing resin substantially stronger and less brittle, but the ever-growing list blows my mind into what all can benefit from relatively small additions of graphene.

[@justinw1765]

I think graphitization of cellulose nanocrystals is more promising than creating pure graphene. The resultant material has graphene like qualities, especially electrically and thermally, but is far easier and cheaper to make in very large quantities.

[@mikejones-vd3fg]

Thats so cool, you sound like NileRed, i dont know if you ever seen his channel for those that dont know he's a chemistry channel and does DIY synthesis of variouse things, usually at bad efficiencies but at leaste he shows all the science behind the reactions. I just got into electronics recently and got an 80w solar panel which had me thinking about energy/ batteries a lot lately. There was a guy that lit a lightbulb by rubbing it on a tampon because it had graphene mesh in it, after adding water and he rubbed it lit up! Robert Murray Smith (science youtube channel) was saying it was fake, and maybe it is, but it seems to me like the ingredients for a battery. Anyway thats cool, maybe printing graphine solar panels could work too.

[@C-M-E]

@@justinw1765 Apologies for the belayed reply. KZbin is really bad at notifications anymore, I just happened to stumble on this. At any rate, I've looked at converting a lot of other materials through various means (basically anything has convertible carbon, just depends on how much) though the yield rate is quantifiably higher with a better starting stock as you might imagine. Once I finish this last project, I'm really excited to see what can be done by growing and integrating directly into crystalline structures; anything from just pretty shelf rocks to glint the light through to batteries and even hydrogen storage. So much to do, but always fascinating!

[@C-M-E]

@@mikejones-vd3fg I'm a regular viewer of both Nile and Rm Smith's videos, moreso the latter. I did see the graphene tampon or maxy pad one and thought it a little strange myself. Chances are relatively high that it was a magician's bulb and the video maker was having a very fun jab at the addition of graphene to a product that really doesn't benefit from having graphene, but it doesn't mean that someone couldn't find benefit it changing the application and presto chango, a graphene maxy pad turns out to be a great ____.

[@mikeconnery4652]

An excellent electrolyte.

[@jfv65]

interesting, specially because recently there has been a gigantic Lithium deposit found in Utah. supposedly enough for 50million bev's. Such a discovery must have an effect on the pricing of Li.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

i'll look into htis!

[@Haliotro]

Hatd to believe. What's the name of the reserve so we can Google it?

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@TwoBitDaVinci Before watching.... "The end of Lithium ion"? . Unless I'm mistaken, these cells will still use Lithium? . (Unless the use of Graphene elevates Sodium into the performance envelope required?)

[@cameronf3343]

Also Salton Sea in California. Huuuuge deposit right under there, just watched a KZbin video about it a month or two ago.

[@cameronf3343]

@@Haliotro Don’t know about Utah but Salton Sea in California is a basically useless lake due to toxicity which supposedly has enough lithium beneath it for all of North America’s battery needs now and in the future.

[@robertemmett347]

Very good video, I have been following the amazing properties of Graphene for the last few years. Not only can it be used for batteries and super capacitors, it can be used as ultra filtration of water, including sea water. Because of the worldwide droughts, it could potentially desalinate sea water at a low cost and a high quantity of ocean water. Furthermore, disposing of Graphene is a non-toxic waste because it decomposes to basic Carbon, which is what plants and animals are made of, it is an amazing material.

[@frankdelucey2137]

We unfortunately will have to find a use for the salt processed out of the water. If everyone used salt water to get drinkable water we can’t just over salinate the ocean as that would pose even more problems for ocean life. That’s literally the only problem to solve before it becomes mainstream.

[@7XHARDER]

@@frankdelucey2137 I know a few restaurants that could use more salt

[@frankdelucey2137]

@@7XHARDER I definitely know we don’t have a salt shortage. Almost every restaurant I have ever been to I didn’t need to add anything to the food that was served. Now I have left restaurants that had shoe leather chicken and steak and just never went back to them. More or less they precooked there food and microwaved it before serving.

[@ipissed]

@@frankdelucey2137 Where do you think urine goes? Outer space? At least one molecule of the water you drink everyday was once someones urine. More so the waste of some other organism. What are they teaching you children in school these days?

[@frankdelucey2137]

@@ipissed urea nitrogen is used in farming and also the DEF Fluid used in Diesel vehicles.. You can use the 60%water40%Urea DEF Fluid as a fertilizer if you dilute it more. And they say we have a fertilizer shortage lol.

[@lamsmiley1944]

I think the trade off with the GMG batteries would definitely be worth it. Even if it means a 30% reduction in the capacity, if it charges as fast as an ICE car then it would sell. There’s lots of great researchers in Australia but unfortunately we’re terrible at converting research into products and they tend to be brought to market by companies overseas.

[@michaelgreer8659]

When rechargeable tools first came out, you had to charge the whole tool which made them inconvenient. The removable battery was a game changer. The batteries on a vehicle could slide right out of the bottom at a changing/charging station.

[@eaaeeeea]

Tesla demoed the changing of the battery on stage some years ago but didn't go on with the idea. NIO actually went into production with automatic battery swapping stations (900 in China currently), and they are now expanding the network (the latest addition being Norway). Automatic swapping of batteries could really be something that customers start to demand after they see NIO's system in action.

[@deavman]

Almost 15 years ago a company called "Better Place" tried the idea or replaceable batteries with stations for automatic swap in Israel and Finland. The demand was minimal and it quickly folded.

[@alexmanojlovic768]

Structural batteries are a thing. Non swappable. Replaceable batteries need expensive large equipment to swap the batteries repeatedly without damaging threads etc. So require ongoing alignment & maintenance, more than than a purely electric charging station. They require many batteries of various sizes to be stored & charged (large upfront costs, compared to:- charge 1 battery per car as & when needed). Many batteries that are not in cars replacing an ICE, sitting unused in charging stations. Bad idea all together, when battery charging will just get quicker all the time.

[@garystinten9339]

Tools have removable batteries.. convenience. Cars and vehicles with fast charging battery... Convenience.

[@jhfl1881]

I still think the "Elephant in the room" is the grid capacity to charge these batteries. Like you started in the video, the major need for batteries is not the vehicles, but ther overall stability of the grid to provide power during high demand but low production. My operation would need to go from 25kw power connection to 500kw if we could go all electric. That becomes too much demand on the grid with 1000s of like industries.

[@marcwinkler]

Finally something concrete, Thanks! What a deception to scince-fiction lovers ...

[@Mulberrysmile]

No argument…we do need a better way of mass producing electricity. Unfortunately, the state regulators are bought and paid for by the energy companies who are invested in maintaining their stranglehold for profit. We consistently see them pushing states to force households with solar into giving up the benefits and being charged extra for helping supply electric to the communities. Just watched a vid that CA is going to put solar on their canal system, with an expected output of 1/2 of the states requirements for power. Have you ever stood next to a highway? The wind is a waste product we spend fuel money to create, but that wind can be used to create power with wind powered micro generators. How many miles of highway could be producing energy to feed into the grid? We have over 12,000 miles of coastland that could be producing wind and water generated energy, too. Population density is largest on the coasts. It is not about the lack of ability, it is about the lack of will from those who are protecting their profits.

[@alexmanojlovic768]

🤣😂😅. So much solar energy hitting the Earth which is converted into heat, light, wave & wind motion. It's just not trapped & utilised because the Oil, Coal, Gas, Nuclear & Construction vultures, sorry Barons, are greedy psycopaths who bribe politicians & pay More. 0ns to write 🐂💩. Are you one of them? Or do you have integrity & actually believe what you just wrote, because that's what you keep reading, so it must be true...

[@johngy6296]

@Ronnie Being Ronnie - Don’t worry about energy generation, there are plenty of options available to meet the needs of different people and areas. Without spending more $ than has ever been printed, to upgrade our power transmission and distribution systems; even the best of generation and grid battery options aren’t exactly useful. Much of these are publicly owned assets, so the taxpayer will have to foot the bill, for whatever doubling or tripling of our power bills doesn’t cover.

[@witness1013]

Big deal, the Xiaomi 11 uses a graphene battery already and it's over a year old

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

are you sure? link?

[@PeterAcrat]

Been following the GMG Aussie company for a few years now. They have a world patent on their efficient process for making (not mining) high quality Graphene from methane gas. Big things coming. This is be a safe, fireproof, efficient and green game changer.

[@dandantheideasman]

Hi Ricky, love the show and informative as always. There are, however, a few things missed about the potential of GMG's battery. One is the thermal dissipation - due to the graphene and aluminum construction, thermal energy is easily removed from the battery and thus requires less cooling. This would result in a massive reduction in the need for additional cooling equipment for the battery pack that adds to the overall weight. herefore more batteries could be packed in the space used and thus increasing the battery packs overall energy density. Another is the increased potential of energy recovery through breaking. Current tech is limited due to the batteries inability to handle the full charge when utilizing the motor to slow the vehicle. With GMG's battery more energy could be recovered this way, which further increases the range from a single charge in under 5 minutes. Exciting stuff right? Keep up the amazing work bro and look forward to the next one. 🙃

[@Formulabruce]

Graphene batteries will be able to run to zero charge, unlike currect Li that must stay between 20-90

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Thanks Dan, great insights. yeah any weight reduced in cooling ribbons, that doesn't add energy, would be big. plus the regeneration on braking is also a great point... I'll take some notes to talk about some of this stuff in future videos

[@dandantheideasman]

@@TwoBitDaVinci Thank you man, looking forward to more great content. 🙏

[@foogeeminipix]

A gas/petrol fuelled car 'charges' at about 20MW. Good luck with charging an electric car at that rate! (About 200kA at 110V). The charging leads would be quite something to handle.

[@jamest.5001]

They said heavier than air flight was impossible, so much so, when the wright brothers first flew at kitty hawk, no news paper even sent anyone , no photographer, they said it wouldn't happen, 60 years later there is an air force, fighter jets, thousands of airports, tons of aircraft, ppl flying all over the world everyday!! But everyone was convinced it was impossible, but the wright brothers were wright, as in correct!!

[@movingman07]

Facts

[@Rambleon444]

Let's give a humble thank you to all those unsung heroes with brilliant minds out there who work so hard to make our lives so amazing!!

[@Wol747]

They won’t charge in a few minutes using that thin yellow cable, I’ll bet! Another great video, Ricky!

[@ButtonBrand]

The overriding problem with rapid charging is the power grid's capacity to supply the current at the rate required to charge in 10 minutes. You would need a 400kVa power connection for each car. Imagine that...

[@natomember]

Got to be the first to comment and first to view. Feeling awesome

[@djw8133]

Get back to work!

[@thesilentone4024]

Your thoughts on citys using more native tall shade trees where power lines aren't and roads be any other color then black green blue yellow pink and white so it doesn't heat up or bind divers all to reduce heat in citys. Why you ask well to reduce are energy demands on are city trying to cool or homes/business and when people leave home empty they should turn off ac. Your thoughts on this i think it would help reduce are energy demand by at least 20%.

[@timgurr1876]

There seems to be issues/compromises with all electrical storage materials/concepts. The graphene battery seems to help improve charge times, but the energy density is much lower. Maybe great around town but requiring more fueling stops on long trips. That may not be all that bad if one can achieve 2 to 3 hours of driving before a rest stop.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Most daily driving is within 10 miles of home. Fact. Most cars are parked 23 hours a day.

[@jtothea612]

I think the best idea would be to use a few different kinds of batteries in your eV so you get all the benefits of each. And sell the aluminum air battery as a “gas can” for emergency use and trips off grid.

[@sharpfocus5]

Absolutely love this channel. Just brilliant, the passion, curiosity and dense beautifully presented contents. Bravo.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Thank you Ludwig :) It's an honor to do these, and its viewers like you that make it so rewarding. cheers!

[@sim.frischh9781]

As awesome as Graphene is supposed to be, with Borophene it already has competition that might outpace it. No matter which technology ultimately reigns supreme, it´s fascinating to watch this technological development.

[@charlieshafer866]

As with every other great break thru from lab experience to upscaled full production takes Years and Years. This will be no different. Good work keep up the positive attitude.

[@caffeinered]

There is another elephant in the room with rapid changing, particularly if a full charge is expected to take place in minutes. That is ability of the power generation and delivery network to supply that amount of energy. To supply that amount of energy in a few minutes is going to take some hefty infrastructure. What would it be like on a forcourt during rush hour with charhers pulling somewhere in a region of 1000A or more each. Our power generation and utility networks are currently just not designed to do this. There will have to be masive investment in provision and delivery first.

[@rickblanton4328]

Great video. Really glad to see your talents being used on the Fully Charged channel too. Keep up the great work.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Thanks Rick, yeah it's been a lot of work recently leading up to the show, but it's bee a blast and an honor!

[@JoeGP]

it's interesting that you thought of extending the car's range, but reducing it's weight is far more important, I mean you can more or less double a cars range by reducing it's weight to half (if we ignore speed and drag) and that's just one of the benefits.

[@digiryde]

I still think one of the most important things that needs to be done to improve the power grid and dramatically reduce the need to coal is to put batteries in the house. At that point, the size and weight is less relevant. Putting batteries in the house reduces a lot of the stressors on the power grid, helps to handle power outages (storms, fallen trees, accidents, etc.) and greatly reduces the need for Peaker Plants as well as non-consistent power sources. As much as I love electric cars, fixing the power grid and the mega-pollution behind it is a far more important use of batteries in my opinion. Creating batteries with much greater power storage (not density) and much smaller environmental impacts to me is the number one priority. By doing this, improving our electric infrastructure, the survivability of the grid, and more importantly for electric cars, charging during long term power outages, we also greatly increase the infrastructure needed to support all electric vehicles and drive down the cost of that support.

[@markhathaway9456]

A huge area where little is being done (AFAIK) is improving the heat to electricity efficiency. That's important because about 80% of our home needs for energy is to heat water. Can graphene help with that? Reduce the need for photo-electricity production at the home, replace it with heat to electricity, and all the photo-e generated can go into charging a car (or other mobile things). It's a large issue.

[@digiryde]

@@markhathaway9456 Heat pumps are a great thing for heating in most places, which are electrical devices, so in some ways, yes. Many people think of heating as burning a flame or running current through a resistive filament to create heat, which is actually a very wasteful way to increase hear at a point.

[@makeitcold6649]

Look into ESS Technology's ($GWH) iron -flow batteries as your right about grid storage, flow batteries have unique advantages over more traditional battery types, especially at grid scale

[@SkepticalCaveman]

No, peaker plants is a much less problem than fossil cars. Even dirty coal electricity is way better than gasoline.

[@SkepticalCaveman]

@@markhathaway9456 Solar heating could help alot.

[@pzkz2130]

Great video! A good example of how material cost can change with advancements in technology is that aluminum used to be more precious than gold!

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Great point, exactly... aluminum is a backbone now of modern society and for good reason.

[@listenmypeople108]

Great video.

[@hebijirik]

Charging a car that fast brings some challenges other than battery itself. Those can be solved for sure but they are not insignificant. Having a fast charger that can deliver maybe even a megawatt of power for a few minutes to probably several cars simultaneously needs some pretty serious grid connection, big intermittent load on the grid etc. Probably better for the charger to have its own large stationary battery. Then you need to have a cable and a connector that any untrained person can handle and it can deliver that much power. How to make it light enough and yet keep it cool enough? Maybe even higher voltage than the 800V some EVs already use? It will be interesting to see.

[@fwqkaw]

Yes. Charging 10 of Elon's finest Tartan in 600 seconds is enough power for a TGV at full tilt. Maybe swapping will come back. I'd like to see some Le Mans 24 hour streamliner racing with tyres and batts switched in seconds.

[@chasl3645]

You do a great job of breaking down complex concepts. Thanks for all your help.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nielsjensen4185]

Accessability is the biggest challenge for EVs. As polluting as fossil fuel cars are being able to just pull in to a tank, refill, and be on your way is infinetely more practical than having to recharge over night. Being able to recharge your battery in a couple of minutes would be such a gamechanger in accessability and getting people to actually use the technology.

[@chucklesb86]

oh man, such a good video! love hearing about this progress and hopefull we will get Graphene production solved. I wonder if we are able to do it, if we will be able to keep up via the grid for charging so many vehicles. Thank you for sharing this info.

[@alexmanojlovic768]

The grid 😱 If every new roof & every reroof was replaced with solar instead of subsidising the oil industry & the UK subsiding air source heat pumps, the grid would have plenty of time to improve & keep pace with EV growth. Which isn't as desperate as it seems, as the big 3 & Japanese ICE manufacturers are dragging their feet.

[@Florishh]

There are also new combustion engine projects and some have so much potential but here's something what you EV folks don't understand: there are people who like the sound, the feel, the smell, the experience of a combustion engine and there is nothing that can replace that, it's not always bout what's better on paper. I think there is a place for EV's but they will never fully replace what we already have, and I'm very glad about that 😊

[@davestagner]

This is really an interesting concept. It seems to me that batteries at scale will need to stick to widely available elements. Carbon and aluminum are both orders of magnitude more abundant than lithium. If they can get the energy density up and the costs down on these graphene/aluminum batteries, they could render lithium obsolete.

[@ccibinel]

Those are two huge IFs that need to be solved to get to market. Sodium batteries are also coming into the mix with 160-200 wh/kg from CATL and also solve material scarcity issue. Advanced LFP will hit 230 wh/kg in production this year and lithium extraction with membranes or sea water are also getting close to commercial stages (this basically solves all other mineral issues except lithium for EV batteries for all but ultra high end). 20 PPM may sound like a small number but batteries only use about 10% lithium carbonate (which is itself only 18.78% pure lithium)

[@randybobandy9828]

And that's the problem.. They can't beat Lithium. They can't either beat it in performance or cost of manufacturing. These videos always make me laugh with how much optimism there is. Lithium will be king for at least 1 or more decades.

[@WJV9]

@@randybobandy9828 - Graphene doesn't necessarily replace Lithium, it works with it. It may replace some of the copper and aluminum in the anodes and cathodes which would improve efficiency and weight improvements.

[@WJV9]

@@ccibinel - - Graphene doesn't necessarily replace Lithium, it works with it. It may replace some of the copper and aluminum in the anodes and cathodes which would improve efficiency and weight improvements.

[@incognitotorpedo42]

"IF" we can get the energy density up AND the costs down. It's going to take more than wishing.

[@primistandem6781]

I've been hearing about the wonders of graphene since 2010... I wish we could get graphene batteries already.

[@JamesThompson-xl4yu]

Nice video! One thing also to consider along with fast charge, is the load dump on the grid etc. Can our grid power handle such a fast dump of fast charge, when there are many cars charging maybe at the same time? Something to think about..

[@chrisbraid2907]

Each vehicle takes only a small amount of energy from the grid, reflected in the cost , the naysayers hype the effect and if everyone regimented their charging to coincide then sure it’s possible but many charging installations have their own solar Arrays and some even power storage. The doomsayers ignore this.

[@TheIceman1302]

Good question, and one that many people gloss over. As Chris said, many(what percentage?) charging installations have their own solar arrays, and some have power storage. But, the vast majority of EVs are charged at night, at home, making solar useless, unless you buy a solar system with a big battery to charge during the day, and use that battery to charge your EV battery at night. How much will all this cost? As for the grid, your question is spot on. In the most densely populated areas, this is going to be a major problem unless our grid infrastructure gets a major overhaul.

[@alexmanojlovic768]

@@TheIceman1302 Just think how much energy wouldn't go to power Oil refineries or Gas pumping stations that could be redirected into EV charging if we switched away from "Fossil" Fuels. Fossil? 🤣😂😅. All the dead dinosaurs got swept away in the floods & plate tectonics concentrated them all under Texas, Saudi Arabia & a few big holes 100's metres under the North sea.... 🤣😂😅 I can't believe anyone still believes that 🐂💩 All Brontosaurus knew where to go to die, at 3 miles an hour, just so we could burn them 3 million years later... 🤣😂😅 "Guys! guys! I found the lift shaft!! Follow Me!! Hey Argentinasaurus, Diplodocus, Steggy, you're all welcome too mate!!" 🤦🏻

[@PlatinumDragonProductions999]

15:31 Also along those lines: "No one can run an under four-minute mile" , "Computers will never pose a serious threat to human champions in complex board games"

[@billkaroly]

Great video. My son thinks hydrogen is the way to go. I keep telling him he's wrong. That battery tech is improving daily.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

hey Bill thanks for writing! So hydrogen just might have its place! I think the key is to invest in all sorts of solutions for different purposes. like maybe we have hydrogen airplanes, and battery ev cars... and who knows what for grid storage! exciting times man

[@billkaroly]

@@TwoBitDaVinci I think battery tech is so deep into the EV movement there is no way hydrogen will all of a sudden get a foothold.

[@Superman-xr1oh]

@@billkaroly I disagree.

[@anthonyballog8026]

Think of the battery for small projects (cars are the biggest today). Hydrogen will be used for big stuff likes commercial airplanes.

[@brucenadams1]

In the mid 1980's we proposed a system that integrated a solar panel and a matching, high performance battery. The output from the solar panel was constant, day or night. We projected 50 years to implementation. We might be close.

[@allelectric1330]

I feel sorry for electric car drivers and future owners. They will simply have to learn the hard way .. as I did. These things are a huge hassle, all those lost hours sitting in those charging stations, huge anxiety, plus a outrageous expense in the long run. Good luck trying to sell a used Electric car with wore out battery modules. You'll find out nobody wants to pay the ridiculous price of batteries ... Batteries are very ... very expensive to replace ( thousands and thousands of dollars) ... and make no mistake, you will be replacing them. These batteries are highly toxic to our environment, with a high potential for disaster to our surroundings. DON'T FOOL YOURSELF and CERTAINLY, DON'T LISTEN TO A SALESMAN , ... LITHIUM BATTERIES ARE NOT GREEN CLEAN ENERGY BY ANY MEANS! ... I wish I knew all this before I bought my car . Do your homework before buying !

[@macfranks2456]

By the time your batteries are widely deployed it will cost more to re-charge an EV at a public charging station than it costs to fill your tank with gas. The fast charge itself is a massive energy dump off the grid into your battery pack so it puts an even higher load on a system that is not designed to re-charge a national fleet of electric vehicles. The entire grid infrastructure will have to be over built from generation to transmission, distribution sub stations, lines, transformers, poles, charging station drops. At the same time they also have to build all new generation to replace the coal and gas generating plants being permanently shuttered across the country. Electricity cost is going to double or more.

[@critical-thought]

Good info. The other roadblock is efficient production of quality graphene.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Great point you're spot on... lets hope these guys make some big progress soon

[@rajatdani619]

14:00 while the batteries not gonna hit the market yet. Meanwhile Thumbnail-- Goodbye Gasoline !!

[@Clm1403]

Great video, Ricky & team! Keep the scientific breakthroughs coming!

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

thanks Clayton, and it was great seeing you and the Good Faith Energy team in Dallas this week!

[@JamesBond-jb2yi]

Thanks Rick. Graphene has a huge potential, we will see if GMG will come up ⬆️ with some new discoveries?

[@warrendrew1664]

/watch?v=cegR-r-EhBI ...a new video

[@johnduch2815]

so your click bait is a lie. more fake news.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

not at all.

[@DennisMathias]

You are an excellent presenter. I'm surprised that CNN or CBS or one of the biggies hasn't picked you up. And what great graphics. They make it really understandable. And pointing us to other websites is great. Keep charged up!

[@1voluntaryist]

Graphene fortifies concrete, increasing strength 4x, reducing cure time to 3 days (1 tenth), and extending life from 100 years to 10,000. It only takes a tiny bit.

[@markhathaway9456]

That's amazing. A lot of roads that are constantly breaking up could use that kind of replacement.

[@1voluntaryist]

@@markhathaway9456 Civilization could replace the current political paradigm, i.e., the initiation of force, threats, fraud, that extorts/destabilizes society with a voluntary govt. based on reason, rights. It's only logical. Under the govt. monopoly on force, roads are built to fail, obsolete by design, to ensure constant employment at the expense of efficiency. Technology will prevail only when it is convenient for the bureaucracy, not necessarily for us.

[@MarcMallary]

Graphene might be good for power transmission lines.

[@strictnonconformist7369]

Large-scale graphene manufacturing where it is in intended large area sheets of a given size (especially larger than a few microns) has thus far been similar to fusion reactor duration for energy generation: always years off. I’ve paid attention to graphene for iirc the last 20 years or so, and it’s still so valuable and yet, for its desired effective purpose that larger regular sheets are required, much like gold: nice to think about, but expensive as hell, and actually more expensive than gold. As to the energy density and recharge times, it’d make sense for short-hop commuter cars, but long distance travel would be worthless. Generally in the eastern United States there’s never very far to go to other cities and utilities. In the US west you can go vast distances without seeing proof of human habitation except perhaps the road you’re driving on, and you can go easily 75 miles non-stop with zero cell signal or even see a place where a cell tower is at all. Such a short-range car would likely leave too many people stranded as a result.

[@chrisbraid2907]

Carry a decent compact fold out Solar Array and you could get your energy from the sun for nothing extra. Try doing this when you run out of Petrol or Diesel … there is more sunshine out West . Same here in Australia …

[@alexmanojlovic768]

@@chrisbraid2907 Solar panels aren't efficient enough to charge an EV with any relevant range in a couple of hours. At best, current mass produced, affordable panels (not satellites, etc) are only 24% efficient at best & you'd have to have a few at 250 watts output! How far will you get with 2kWh?

[@joeblow3939]

What is the life experience? Duty cycle, how many charges? Affects if introduced to water? Can it be completely depleted then recharge/does this affect life length of duty or usage? Does extreme heat or cold affect its performance? Cost to replace if damaged?

[@litestuffllc7249]

So, one of the stumbling blocks to Solar/wind is storage of power because they are peaky and don't generate power most of the time. There is another problem; slowing growth. When something has a small installed base it is easy to have more made the next year. As the installed base of solar and wind increased the rates of growth are drop; Solar is now down to 10% growth over the prior year and dropping; as replacements become needed they may well go negative. Human produced CO2 is 1/10,000th of the atmosphere, it doesnt effect earthes temps. Dust from volcanos blocked light causing the little ice age; as volcanos subsided dust cleared.

[@davocc2405]

Good to see University of Queensland in one of these videos - I used to live across the river from that place, they played tennis on their courts under lights 24/7 for some reason.

[@andrewowens5653]

There's been a recent advance in aluminum sulfur batteries. You should check it out.

[@mikeconnery4652]

Graphene on stacked copper foil would increase wire conductivity making motors more energy efficient and lighter weight. Graphene between thin glass would increase strength and would be a conductive layer of both heat and electricity.

[@summerland6397]

Every time a loud screaming pet commercial comes on a cat gets its wings. You did that. LoL

[@AdamHMortimer]

The quality of your videos is next level! You’ll have a million followers very soon!!!

[@DrinkingStar]

I believe in graphene as the future for EVs. That is why I am investing in graphene "start up" companies.

[@sandyt4343]

Another stellar delivery from Ricky on a very complex subject and as always he’s made it as understandable as possible for those of us who don’t work in the industry. I always leave a little more well informed ( even though I have to watch some of these a number of times) …… I’m not AI , so thanks for your help with such a complicated subject 👍🏽

[@RadiantFreeEnergyResearch]

graphene is my absolute favorite battery. 1000 watt hours per kilogram of weight, compared to lithium at around 250 watt hours per kilowatt. rumble motors offers a graphene battery choice/option/upgrade on the ebikes they sell, and the buyer just pays the difference for the better graphene battery.

[@jackylsmith8138]

When, there are numerous battery tech out there that are game changers. Fact is it will be 10-20 years before any come to market.

[@gardenrailroading]

The only constant in this old world, is Change! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

[@carlwilliams3488]

You missed the huge elephant in the room with recharge, the grid. It's all very well charging one or two vehicle's at this high speed or even overnight on the grid but multiply this by 10, 100 or 1000 times and the cabling required is huge, also the other limiting factor we are seeing here in the UK is substation capacity. None of our current infrastructure has the capability to charge these batteries at any scale, it just wasn't factored in when it was deployed.

[@barnowl6807]

This can be a big deal all around. Cheaper, more energy dense, high charge-discharge rate. But for use in a vehicle there is one overriding problem: Power. You know, the product of energy and time. For example, take a battery sized to 400 V at 100 KW hour . Neglecting losses in the processes that means it should be able to charge/discharge at 250 amps. Over an hour. We ARE talking KW hours here. If you want to charge in half that time you need 500 amps. But that is a 200 KW rate. Still ok. Now try this in only 10 minutes. That's 6 times the current, 1500 amps and 400V. A 600 KW power substation better be nearby. For charging one car? Not to mention the amount of copper required for this current. And don't forget the connectors. You think the price of copper is bad now? Hah! I know, double the voltage and you will halve the current. It's still 600 KW of energy. Not something I want to be around if there is a fault. Anyone charge in the rain? But, I think the tech is great. An excellent reason to build more nuclear plants.

[@johnkruk6929]

Ricky 2 bit DaVinci thank you for a great update on graphene in batteries and the great work in China by the GAC group with 1 K range EV’s

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

My pleasure John!

[@cameronf3343]

Difference is that as charging infrastructure expands, the range anxiety of such a battery would also become void too. You can’t just build a gas station anywhere, since humanity’s nitpicky, but you can build a charger anywhere. To the point that it wouldn’t even be too ugly to make stations at National/State/Provincial Parks. And if you can make infrastructure to fuel a car there of all places, and have nobody think poorly of it; you can do it anywhere.

[@klepow]

The fact that some people didn't believe certain things were possible doesn't mean that it is possible. People believed that it was not possible to turn "base metals" into gold, and they were right. "They laughed at Copernicus, they laughed at Galileo, but they also laughed at Bozo." - Carl Sagan

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

I love it, that's a great quote!

[@Robulite]

As an owner of an EV I don't care at all about charging time(ignoring extremes). All of my charging has been at home when I wouldn't be using the car anyway. I generally drive 30-40 miles a day and that's about it. While faster charging is cool I basically only care about energy density. The few times I've had to drive 200+ miles in a day it's been nice to get home plug it in and not worry about going to the "gas station." Like if we get to the point of 500 miles in a car with the car weighing less than it currently does I think that's the dream. Then if you need more than 500 you just get that option.

[@fountainvalley100]

The problem with a 6c or 10c battery is the amount of power being transferred. The cables required would be huge. If say 10 cars with 100kw batteries shows up at the charging station you are looking at a megawatt being pulled from a small local portion of the grid. The demand charges that the utility company hits the charging station is going to be huge.

[@kocerarif]

As a farmer living an off-grid life for a long time I've been watching revolutionary battery technologies. I'm really curious about when these super tech batteries will be ready for conventional use for ordinary people like me.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Agreed I’ll try to retouch on these as that happens

[@kocerarif]

@@TwoBitDaVinci Thanks.

[@mattgoguen3710]

Btw wood that our ancestors burned is a renewable resource not fossil fuel

[@davekolp4552]

I like the idea, it's just all these new battery types seem to never make it to market because every other day someone comes up with another better battery. We are going nowhere.

[@MrKahrum]

pressurized gasses can have an extremely fast transfer rate, if we have our cars with pressurized clean air as their primary battery, we could have the cost of air treatment plants offset by sale of the pressure energy.

[@michaeldickins9238]

I’d say also combine solar,wind,biofuel energy to mass ur plus and recharge on the go action, aka clean e- hybrids without patrolium!

[@RussLinzmeier]

I have been studying electrical theory for years now and one of the most fascinating things I have found out is that batteries don't store energy , rather they supply the electrical tension to a circuit that pushes the charge around the loop . Think of a refrigerator in that the compressor doesn't pump energy thru the freon lines rather the energy in the form of heat inside of the refrigerator flows into the the freon 90 degrees to the flow of freon . It's the same thing with an electrical circuit in that energy from the local enviroment flows into the load 90 degrees to the direction of flow of charge .

[@drury2d8]

lol. bad analogy.

[@paultowns]

What if they put the hydro energy fan things at the base of water towers? The water is already being distributed with gravity so just put that stuff in there at the base so it can power the pump that fills it back up or something like that? It’s already flowing water, why not capture some of that potential energy? Just a thought.

[@ivanostellato9478]

2:42 stack propellers pressurized smal laminar flows .. drop the water down a narrowing tube till it steams up a loop spins fans repeat till the tank

[@schlix101]

The biggest challenge is always to setup the factories to start producing these products at the quantities required... Li-Ion is well established, the dangers are well known, etc. There are many battery discoveries that have been made in recent years that are promising to be much better, denser, faster charging and cleaner than Li-Ion batteries... NONE of which have seen any significant production levels yet!!! But yea. I hope something better than Li-Ion comes to light pretty soon. Because we don't all need to travel 200km+ to work and back each day... Meaning 200km of charge in a cheap, light EV for the day would be plenty for most people, including me.

[@JC-wl6xp]

Very well informed information. Thank you JC

[@philtuffers6847]

Thank you for another great, informative video. Graphene is the only sensible way foward from batteries to screens and even cables, fancy having near zero resistance power transmission lines? If we could crack that production problem we would leap forward another 20 years in capabilities so no more videos, get cracking and solve it, you have tha name for it!!

[@danielhawkins6425]

If I had a nickel for every "Green" game changer you and your cohorts have touted over the last 10 years, I'd never worry about my retirement accounts again. This goes into the "Fusion in just 10 years" filing cabinet.

[@davidbangsdemocracy5455]

If these batteries were available today, would they really charge faster with the current network of chargers? Aren’t the chargers themselves power limited. Charging any battery faster requires more power.

[@WyldGoat]

Correct. Let's say you bought a Dewalt power drill with Graphene Aluminium-ion battery. Your docking station would also need to have a similar battery inside. The docking station would slowly charge from your wall/power grid. And as soon as your plug your tool in, it would pretty much fully charge in a minute. Same concept for EV's. The charging stations will absolutely need batteries (or a big set of attached grid storage batteries) that slowly charge, and discharge at insane speeds.

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

Oh yay, another "battery breakthrough" that'll never see commercialization. But it's definitely going to kill the LION battery...

[@ahaveland]

Graphene battery is still a Liion battery, but a better one. No "LION" batteries are going to get "killed", but you might want to learn more about them.

[@FranciscoSciaraffia]

Always love well made videos about exciting tech!

[@CyberOne]

The high charging speed of the battery is great and all, but can the charging stations supply the energy at that rate? How big will the charging cables need to be to carry that current? We can reduce the current by increasing the voltage, but how high do you go?

[@tomk4199]

Of course graphene is an exciting material, and promising. No question. But I'll get excited when real breakthroughs happen in commercial graphene *production*!

[@pauljmeyer1]

Graphene production is an engineering problem and engineers are pretty good at solving production problems.

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

couldn't have said it better ;)

[@blg53]

No, the limiting factor in any charging system is not the heat dissipation, but the cross-section and the weight of any charging cable. Even if it is theoretically possible to charge a car in 10 minutes the current required to do this will be so enormous that it would require the cable (inside and outside of the car) of such monstrous size tha no human will be able to pick it up and plug it in. I am not even mentioning the impact the cross-section of the car's internal cabling will have on the car's weight.

[@johngundaker3312]

This is not only enlightening but hopeful and quite significant science, thank you for your efforts and presentation!

[@donn3336]

There are many batteries that can create more energy but what it comes down to is can you mass produce those batteries at a realistic price?

[@matthieucharlier4257]

GmG is able to produce 750 kg of grafene powder out of 1000 kg of liquid gas using electricity.. Still don’t know the price and the time process. But they first build their plant for using the grafene in the the construction field ( cément additive) . So it seam they ll be able to produce large quantities....

[@sdfswords]

It'll happen, maybe not real soon in commercial production, but graphite used to be exotic too.

[@SniperUSMC]

You always give great new technologies, how they will change the world then, near the end of the video you do a rug pull. But I still live the first 75% of your videos.

[@ivanostellato9478]

liquid falling down tubes makes vortexes and light and heat if spun with inner furls right .. it also makes static and spins paddle wheels and flaps .. it also gains hydrogen as it falls so at the bottom of a dark tube it is ignitable ... water to flame