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MufuckinTurtleBear t1_irwnypd wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Reply to comment by LotusCSGO in NASA invents ‘incredible’ battery for electric planes by HaikuKnives

Could you please provide examples of drastically improved batteries that are unfeasible for general use? Genuinely curious.

LotusCSGO t1_irwryj4 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:54 PM

https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology/

https://web.archive.org/web/20131107054525/https://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/09/18/solid-state-battery-developed-cu-boulder-could-double-range-electric-cars

Basically we've been able to make better batteries at the micro scale in labs for years. We just haven't been able to make them for industry.