• Mrkawfee
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    2 months ago

    Can anyone with a technical background explain why this is big if true?

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Some quick research suggests it has 7-8% more power density than the best modern lithium batteries while using less rare earth metals (probably not by a huge degree but its something) and being less prone to exploding.

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        2 months ago

        Thanks. Sounds like an important incremental improvement rather than a paradigm shift kind of thing.

    • Elise@beehaw.org
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, that’s a really good density. My bike stores about that amount and it takes 5kg or so, just a quick guesstimate.