ICE vs EV, the debate thread

[KhunLA]

 

[Bandersnatch]

This is a good video showing the reality of EV charging. It includes a timelapse showing EVs charging for only about 10 minutes and a rapid turnover of cars. The explanation is simple: why stay longer than you need paying ฿7/kWh or more when you can charge at home for ฿4 or ฿2.6 Time of Use or in my case free from home solar.

 

 

 

[KhunLA]

 

[motdaeng]

The worlds biggest battery maker reveals solid state battery details

 

https://youtu.be/0W6BeL47GkI

in just a few more years, there will be only few (minor) reasons left to argue against electric mobility.  

over the past years, many counterarguments have been debunked, including concerns about sustainability,

battery lifespan, fire risk, high costs, lack of charging stations, and more ...

 

[Pib]

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

 

I've lost track of how many times the Electric Viking has started off his videos by saying: ".....it's game, set, match...." regarding EVs killing off ICEVs sooner vs later due to some announcement of improved technology by some battery maker or EV maker.   I agree that solid state batteries will be a game changer but how fast their widespread availability/use occurs is probably more than just a few years away....I'm guessing around 5 years is more realistic.   

 

I figure it will be similar to the hard drive to solid state drive (SSD) to M2 drive transition that took around 10 years for widespread transition to SSD and then to M2 even though HHDs are still being made mostly for data centers and cheap storage. 

 

But I did like the Electric Viking's statement that this CATL solid state battery announcement is not like the Toyota's "imaginary"  solid state battery that Toyota has being talking near term release for years and years now. 😁

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:28 AM by Pib

[Pib]

See below 16 Oct 2024 CNBC news article regarding solid state batteries and how semi-solid state batteries may be in our future.  Partial quote below and full article at the weblink.   Maybe the stepping stone to solid state batteries will be semi-solid state batteries.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/16/the-race-for-next-gen-ev-batteries-may-soon-pivot-to-semi-solid-state.html

The solid-state batteries hype is fading – prompting auto giants to consider alternatives

 

Key Points

• Solid-state batteries have long been billed as the “holy grail” of sustainable driving. Proponents say they offer safer, cheaper and more powerful batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), as well as faster charging times.
• There could be another option, however: semi-solid-state batteries, which use a hybrid design of solid electrolyte and liquid electrolyte.
• “Five years ago, if we talked about this, I would have been so excited about solid-state batteries,” Transport & Environment’s Julia Poliscanova said. “But somehow ... there is some kind of barrier today.”

[UWEB]

2 hours ago, Pib said:

 

I've lost track of how many times the Electric Viking has started off his videos by saying: ".....it's game, set, match...." regarding EVs killing off ICEVs sooner vs later due to some announcement of improved technology by some battery maker or EV maker.   I agree that solid state batteries will be a game changer but how fast their widespread availability/use occurs is probably more than just a few years away....I'm guessing around 5 years is more realistic.   

 

I figure it will be similar to the hard drive to solid state drive (SSD) to M2 drive transition that took around 10 years for widespread transition to SSD and then to M2 even though HHDs are still being made mostly for data centers and cheap storage. 

 

But I did like the Electric Viking's statement that this CATL solid state battery announcement is not like the Toyota's "imaginary"  solid state battery that Toyota has being talking near term release for years and years now. 😁

 

 

I don't see this guy as reliable source of information, he is just blasting out a lot of b.s. without any proof of verification from where the information is coming from. If you ask in the comment section of his Videos you never get an answer.

[Pib]

31 minutes ago, UWEB said:

I don't see this guy as reliable source of information, he is just blasting out a lot of b.s. without any proof of verification from where the information is coming from. If you ask in the comment section of his Videos you never get an answer.

Yea....I take his videos with a HUGE grain of salt.  It's not uncommon for him to add a half dozen or so new videos to his channel each day....all of which is him basically expressing his opinion on the newly released news articles.   This video is probably based on a China Post article from about a week ago talking CATL "hopes to achieve small scale production by 2027" of this whiz-bang solid state battery.   I expect "by 2027" means by 31 Dec 2027 around 3 years from now.  So, maybe we would see this whiz-bang solid state battery in some 2028 model EVs.   

 

And maybe Toyota's  imaginary solid state battery they have been talking for years and years already  will be out before 2027 if they can ever break their addiction to old technology NiMH Nickel Medal Hydride batteries.

 

 

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-catl-solid-state-battery-production-by-2027

Updated: Nov 07, 2024 05:21 AM EST

CATL goes all in for 500 Wh/kg solid-state EV battery mass production

 

CATL’s prototype solid-state batteries have an impressive energy density of 500 Wh/kg, a 40 percent improvement over current lithium-ion batteries that typically reach 350 Wh/kg.

 

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), a global leader in lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing, is significantly escalating its investment in all-solid-state battery technology.

A Chinese local media outlet, Late Post, has reported that the company aims to achieve small-scale volume production of its all-solid-state battery by 2027.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:41 AM by Pib

[josephbloggs]

25 minutes ago, Pib said:

Yea....I take his videos with a HUGE grain of salt.  It's not uncommon for him to add a half dozen or so new videos to his channel each day....all of which is him basically expressing his opinion on the newly released news articles.   This video is probably based on a China Post article from about a week ago talking CATL "hopes to achieve small scale production by 2027" of this whiz-bang solid state battery.   I expect "by 2027" means by 31 Dec 2027 around 3 years from now.  So, maybe we would see this whiz-bang solid state battery in some 2028 model EVs.   

 

And maybe Toyota's  imaginary solid state battery they have been talking for years and years already  will be out before 2027 if they can ever break their addiction to old technology NiMH Nickel Medal Hydride batteries.

 

 

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-catl-solid-state-battery-production-by-2027

Updated: Nov 07, 2024 05:21 AM EST

CATL goes all in for 500 Wh/kg solid-state EV battery mass production

 

CATL’s prototype solid-state batteries have an impressive energy density of 500 Wh/kg, a 40 percent improvement over current lithium-ion batteries that typically reach 350 Wh/kg.

 

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), a global leader in lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing, is significantly escalating its investment in all-solid-state battery technology.

A Chinese local media outlet, Late Post, has reported that the company aims to achieve small-scale volume production of its all-solid-state battery by 2027.

 

 

 

Yeah, I find his channel as annoying as the shouty all caps anti Chinese EV propaganda ones. His is an annoying pro EV shouty all caps channel, although better informed. Still find him annoying though and don't watch his videos anymore.

[KhunLA]

When you get to the point of no further R&D on a product, and now time to put it through trials, that's a pretty good sign it will be on it's way to mass production soon.

 

Once you crack that, then you got something to work with & improve.  If CATL states they are there (they aren't Toyota), then we should probably see them in cars in 2027, maybe.

 

Edited yesterday at 10:46 AM by KhunLA