Electric Vehicles

[embee]

It will certainly be interesting to see the progress and innovation. Some things are real game changers, the ideas drift around for years and then suddenly someone makes something commercially viable and the whole scene changes almost overnight.
Witness the demise of the CRT television. Flat screen LCD monitors were bubbling along with small expensive screens, and then the technology to make LCD screens big enough at an affordable price to make it real, then it progresses into screens bigger than you can fit in your sitting room for less than your old CRT cost 25yrs ago.
A lot of the next things have already been thought of, it's often a question of making them real. Manufacturing engineering is a much under-rated and mis-understood discipline.

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

According to VW at their "Power Day" they expect to have solid state batteries from 2025. I'm sure these will only be in Porsche and top-end Audi products, but eventually it will trickle down to less expensive vehicles. Tesla, LG Chem and General Motors are all working on solid state technology.

There's a good chance one of the mobile phone manufacturers will develop solid state technology before then, as they will also benefit massively from it.

Whether solid state will be all that DJ123 states remains to be seen. It must be 'better' than current lithium-ion tech though, otherwise there would not be so many billions being spent on R&D?

Last i heard/watched on the subject part of the commercialism of the SSD battery is being able to produce it on a Lithium Ion production line. That would make it more commercially viable ,as the mass production will drive the cost down and allow the tech to be more widespread.

Toyota, VW & Mercedes (and others i would assume) are investing in SSD batteries.

Check out a company called Quantumscape.

[Luckypants]

Plug-in car grant is now being reduced. Linky

[Bibio]

ok there is a plan... car bodies incorporating graphene and will be the power source. graphene 'battery's' charge in mins and since there will be no heavy battery's then the car will be lighter so will go further on a charge. if they incorporate graphene/solar body then will charge for free when it can e.g. sunny.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

New car day.

Electric ?

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[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Bibio

ok there is a plan... car bodies incorporating graphene and will be the power source. graphene 'battery's' charge in mins and since there will be no heavy battery's then the car will be lighter so will go further on a charge. if they incorporate graphene/solar body then will charge for free when it can e.g. sunny.

Graphene, the new wonder material , what is happening with that, it sounded really good but haven't heard much about it lately ?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by admin

Electric ?

Yep!

Cannot remember how to upload a picture.

[admin]

I use https://postimages.org . Works better than the built in system.

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[punyXpress]

Stealth Bomber material - you're not supposed to see or hear much about it!

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Graphene, the new wonder material , what is happening with that, it sounded really good but haven't heard much about it lately ?

"Graphene - the miracle material"

- does everything except come out the lab.