As Gridweek takes place down in Washinton D.C., we take a look today at one of our favorite energy-related stories unfolding in the battery innovation arena.
As the world grows and develops, there are more and more cars on the road. The current state is most likely not sustainable and the system needs to be transformed. Many feel that the electrification of transportation could help move the world towards smarter and more efficient means of using energy.
In order to make purely electric vehicles a reality, however, batteries, including the amount of energy they are able to store per charge, need to be greatly improved. Current technology doesn’t allow a purely electric vehicle to go very far on one charge. Imagine a family sedan that could go hundreds of miles per charge. It would have a transforming effect on our energy and oil use, the auto industry and more.
Recently, researchers at IBM gathered some of the world’s leading experts in the field of electrical energy storage and advanced battery technologies in San Jose, California, to brainstorm on how to create next-generation rechargeable batteries capable of storing ten times more energy than today’s most powerful Lithium-ion batteries.
In this video, Daniel Sperling, author of Two Billon Cars, and IBM researchers talk about what the challenges are and the science and development needed to make it happen.
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Yes, the way things are progressing, battery powers need to be enhanced a great deal to cope with the demand of the electronics.
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Many automotive companies are planning to launch their hybrid electric vehicles. These vehicles will surely require powerful batteries so that they can run efficiently. I am sure that new innovative techniques will help to manufacture good and efficient batteries. Lets see which will be the futuristic new technique.
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Theguys at IBM really rock! And if these guys turn successful then that means we will soon see lemos running on Li air Batteries. Cheers to battery 500!
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Depleted Uranium1 the X factor? Why not dig into this metal and it’s battery potential? Its a “Military” thing right now! Using existing sunshine in American deserts, and the wind on the plains, we have proven surveys indicating a surplus of cheap electricity is possible, and battery cars provide convenient, and much needed ballast for these intermittent power sources, making them almost as seamless as geo-thermal power. The whole scheme depends on better batteries, and life-style modifications for Americans, who are, sadly, running out of sources for cheap oil, at the same time having to share world oil supplies with an ever demanding and growing Asia – The answer is electric, the cars must be smaller, lighter, perhaps carbon-fiber bodied, and used for shorter ranges only, stepping up to Electric bullet trains for distance travel, and the shortage of oil and its greater expense will eliminate air travel altogether! The very fabric of America is changing! The days of the great hulking American laborer, traveling cross-country, in a V-8 Lincoln for a month’s vacation, pulling a boat and motor or travel trailer, are gone! The paradigm shift is taking it’s tole on the common folk, and more is to come, but given realistically sized and adequately powerful batteries we will survive this change, and in a cleaner environment, and with healthier lighter weight bodies on people as well as cars, trucks rail cars, and clearer better educated minds, not propagandized bu automotive advertisers wish lists, but filled with the practicalities and limitations of Science and Environment, a sustainable way of living at last!
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if ev battery can evolve so much in a way to change the industry or even the world, politicians will step in.
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so much as electric car was killed a few years back.
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If we bought rail cars for our electric commuter rail systems that would ferry your car, across town or across the country, you could ride and charge at the same time. Less batteries needed. And you could still only sit on your own seat. The biohazards of urban life are a much more grim reality with the latest swine flu virus epidemic. Modern DC powered light rail also involves a DC power transmission grid that can form the back bone of a system to utilize solar and various power sources without complicated synchronization equipment. Batteries located at the substations could be shunted in and out of the series and charged from lower voltage systems. Maybe with the advent of hybrid cars we’ll finally get the efficient multifuel turbines we were promised in the sixties to run the back up alternators.
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8:13 pm
@Bob
Electric cars normally have chargers on-board, so you can just plug into an outlet (normally a 220v 35A circuit) and charge up in your garage or at charging stations. Many electric cars also can take a charge at a lower voltage and amperage, so you have a wider range of charging options.
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Yeah, what do you charge an electric car with?
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Very cool British Top Gear segment on the pure EV Tesla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUw43oC2A34
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