Posts by JJeffs

New battery boffinry could 'triple range' of electric vehicles

Re: No one will notice

Why would a manufacturer purposefully reduce possible range? Range is the primary reason for people not buying e.g., if a manufacturer trippled range they would increase sales! Also motor size has no bearing on range.

Read the journal paper

Read the journal paper! The authors do not claim to improve energy density hence giving extended range. The paper is just saying that the new method helps protect against dendrite growth and reduces ageing. I.e. they are developing batteries which can perform more charge discharge cycles before they need replacing. There will not be an increase in battery capacity.