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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.
-- submitted from IRC
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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by FunkyLich on Friday December 11 2015, @04:42PM
I'll take this heavier variant where everyone driving carries their own shit with them and don't burden others, instead of the lighter variant where every driver dumps shit in the atmosphere for everyone else to breathe, even the non-drivers and even the non-humans.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 11 2015, @06:43PM
I agree, that is why I specified "long haul" applications.
Sometimes while I am riding my bike in traffic, I feel like I am taking one for the team with all the fumes.