MIT Breakthrough - Instant plug-in charging
The key to charging in minutes rather than several hours?MIT scientists have figured out a way to "charge and discharge batteries in a matter of seconds rather than hours" using conventional battery technology, which could enable not just much quicker charging, but lighter batteries.
While the breakthrough could be commercially available in two to three years, typical homeowners may not have enough power available to utilize the breakthrough via home charging. Likewise, manufacturing costs would also have to be reduced in order to be applicable to automobiles.
MIT via InsideLine
Labels: lithium battery, plug-in hybrid vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
9:01 AM
6 Comments:
MIT should stop making un-founded claims and get real on technology.
What makes you say that? They study was printed in Nature, so it's verifiable data.
MIT comes out with some cool stuff. We all need to support these smart people to help solve problems. My only concern is we have to produce the electricity by burn carbon based fuel.
That's a very legitimate concern, hybridcarguy.
And it isn't just coal-fired electricity, it's the water these plants also use - which is massive.
That's why I don't think plug-ins are a perfect solution any time soon. However, they are definitely part of the solution.
Car guy, we _don't_ have to generate the electricity using coal.
We just don't want to spend the money to change our infrastructure. Energy is everywhere, the earth is hit by ten's of thousands of terrawatts of energy each DAY from the sun.
And Dahcred, water should never be an issue. Again, "money" plays a part in advancement and we don't have significant salt purifiers. The Earth is mostly water.
The earth is mostly water, but not usable clean water. The costs of cleaning, desalination, etc. are not cheap problems. Thus, I think it's important to take a wholistic view on such subjects.
Nonetheless, if viewed wholistically, we might just realize that water desalination + solar power = cheap hydrogen.
I'm not making that claim, but I think the future of science and energy needs to be viewed from a more macro, interconnected viewpoint.
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