@RussellFineArt
Exiting news, li-metal batteries have been the golden goose for many years, good to see CATL working on them.
@Jeffgarmon-ji5iu
Thanks!
@stefanaxelsson6397
It means that small electric cars can be both small and have long range! Love that!
@BadboyChad-o9r
Hey Sam, dont mean to be rude but its not 500W/kg. Its 500Wh/kg.
@shai3261
You means putting in an equivalent battery with the same weight as the current 70 kWh one. Since it has double the energy, it will have 140 kWh and you will get double the range.
@juezna
Hey, the 500wh per kg is a Lithium metal battery that's been announced like 2 years ago. And was presented as a battery for the aviation industry
@MartinMartinX
Sounds like a GAME CHANGER to me ! :D
@gÜhsQ3lc8
Yessir. Make this development a big up for the world sustainability, energy independence and freedoms for the people
@dougowt
This is exactly why I believe I will be able to put a new affordable battery in my currently 9 years old Model S, in a few years and increase the range, speed up charge times and reduce the kerbweight of my car. Plus the battery that will be removed will still have value as a storage option.
@cristerhelin8532
Just so you get it right; Watt (W) is power, Watthour (Wh) is energy. Which means talking about energy density in a battery you should use the term Wh/kg. When talking about the instant power you can get from a battery you should use the unit W.
@Pawz-r7g
Like you said at the end of the video, I really don’t think people understand electric vehicles. I recently bought a Silverado EV for my work fleet. It’s going to be used in construction and on job sites putting about 35 to 40,000 km on a year. I’m gonna put the truck to the test. But most other colleagues of mine have mocked me for choosing to switch to an electric vehicle. The biggest downfall of an electric vehicle at this moment is range, but what my colleagues don’t know or understand is that range is only a downfall when you have to travel long distances daily. If I do at almost 400 km a day around my area for work and I mean that is absolutely the worst case scenario, the Silverado EV should have over 200 km still in range in which I will make it home or to my shop to plug it in for the night and have a fully charged battery the next day. Range anxiety is quickly becoming an obsolete thing unless you do long distance travel. And all it takes is a new type of battery to come out because the platform for EV vehicles is already in place. The foundation has been built so now all we need is a far more efficient battery that is far less weight and you’ll be able to get a lot more mileage than any internal combustion engine. Ice vehicles have reached their peak. No amount of re-engineering can make them far more fuel, efficient and burn less petrol. The wheel has to be reinvented at this time. I see where the future is going and I’m going to invest in it.
@skydivekrazy76
That's E-plane/E-VTOL begining density...
@igors6593
Battery technology follows the same S-curve of improvement and cost reduction as other technologies that have already rapidly changed the world in the past century.
@terrynicola7010
What this really could mean is that pick up trucks can pull trailers and not worry about deterioration of range down to less than 200 miles. This would be really helpful for recreational vehicles.
@oldwombat
In other news, GM announces that a planned US$300M EV engine plant in New York will not go ahead. Instead, it will be investing US$800M in making new V8 engines in that plant. - Reuters. LOL.
@FoamyDave
If this energy density can be achieved a Model Y's battery drops from 1700lbs to 830lbs for the same range. A 6 cylinder petrol engine + 18 galons of petrol weight about 760lbs. So getting close to weigh parity (I'm ignoring the electric motors as they weight about the same as a petrol multi-speed transmission). I agree that electrification will happen sooner than most assume. Electric vehicles are still running down the cost and complexity curve and still have a future of significant improvements. Petrol technology has been essentially static because there is not much left to optimize that is affordable.
@jeffreywyatt6425
This is great news - especially as a potential solution for the aviation industry.
@PropanePete
I’ve been hearing about the 1000 mile battery (1600 km) being just around the corner on this channel for the past four years when Sam first started publishing his videos. I think those are many, many years away, if ever. My friends with EV’s say they tend to plan on 400 km (240 miles) maximum between charging when planning a road trip, car loaded up, 2 adults, 2 kids, bags, aircon running, etc. They still have a reserve left but in any case they try not to get below 10%. We did a tandem road trip in our Mk5 Golf TDI with them once and we get 850 km in town and 1000 km on the open road so it was a bit frustrating waiting for them to charge all the time. We did drink a lot of coffee and ate a lot of sandwiches while waiting …😅
@clnelson321
Half the battery with the same distance, means a lot more batteries for a lot more EV's at a substantial reduction in cost. 99% of vehicles dont need to go 600 miles, especially with home charging.
@electricviking