New electric vehicle battery

AUandAG

Several years away from production.....hmmmm will silver get a bounce?
bob

Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the Samsung R&D Institute Japan (SRJ) decided to remove the lithium metal anodes used in solid-state batteries and replace them with a thin silver-carbon layer.

derryb

couldn't hurt.

ricko

Interesting... but does it work as well? Would surely reduce the cost anyway.... Cheers, RickO

AUandAG

@ricko said:
Interesting... but does it work as well? Would surely reduce the cost anyway.... Cheers, RickO

Don't really know yet, Samsung said it's good for 500 miles per charge and at least 1,000 charges...but all that may change for sure.

bob

tincup

Though it's always interesting to hear about more uses for silver, not sure this is one that will have much affect on the market. A 'thin silver-carbon layer' does not sound like much silver is used. Perhaps the use of a small amount of silver will be cheaper for them to use than lithium.

bronco2078

isaiah58

Vehicle manufacturers are not interested in batteries that need to be replaced every few years. The current batteries, along with the programming, are designed to potentially last indefinitely. Tessla is taking on the primary risk of offering long range ability, which requires larger batteries and higher costs all around. The minimum required warranty, on hybrid vehicle batteries, does not afford manufacturers to risk using a battery that is not designed to last indefinitely. Baking in costs to continually replace batteries would be cost prohibitive for all.