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posted by CoolHand on Friday December 11 2015, @10:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the coming-soon-to-a-vehicle-near-you dept.

An electric car has been tested that managed a huge 1,100 mile range on a single charge. A massive jump from current electric cars.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/129419-electric-car-with-light-aluminium-air-battery-travels-1-100-miles-on-a-single-charge-take-note-tesla

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An electric car has been tested that managed a huge 1,100 mile range on a single charge. A massive jump from current electric cars like the Tesla Model S which tops out at around 300 miles.

The secret to this super range is a type of battery technology called aluminium-air. This uses oxygen naturally occurring in the air to fill its cathode. This makes it far lighter than liquid filled lithium-ion batteries to give car a far greater range.

Phinergy, who created the battery, is an Israeli company who worked with aluminium specialist Alcoa Canada to create the batteries.

[...] Aluminium-air batteries drain turning the metal into aluminium hydroxide which can then be recycled to make new batteries. That will mean swapping out batteries every few months. But since it's so much lighter and cheaper than current efforts it should offer huge mileage and be affordable.

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  • (Score: 1) by Delwin on Friday December 11 2015, @02:55PM

    by Delwin (4554) on Friday December 11 2015, @02:55PM (#274982)

    Months? I go through 1,100 miles (about four tanks of gas) in just under a month. Fill the tank about once a week.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by mr_mischief on Friday December 11 2015, @03:35PM

    by mr_mischief (4884) on Friday December 11 2015, @03:35PM (#274994)

    You add water every couple of hundred miles. Then every 1100 miles that this is the source of power, you replace around 55 pounds of aluminum plates and send the old ones for recycling. It's likely to end up as a range extender for smaller lithium-ion batteries. You'd drive your first fifty miles or so on the lithium ion or lithium polymer batteries. Then this would kick in giving you the rest of a day's driving until you can recharge the rechargeable battery. It gives you a better weight to power ratio than filling the car with more heavy lithium ion cells.

    http://www.gizmag.com/phinergy-metal-air-battery/26922/ [gizmag.com] (April 3rd 2013)