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Unfortunately, history shows that new battery chemistries are a dime a dozen. It's commercialization and manufacturing at scale that's the real bottleneck. Look
by apsec112 9y ago
Unfortunately, history shows that new battery chemistries are a dime a dozen. It's commercialization and manufacturing at scale that's the real bottleneck. Look at what happened to Aquion, which raised $190 million for their salt water battery:
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Aquion-the-Bill-Gates-and-Kleiner-Perkins-Funded-Advanced-Battery-Startup#gs.AJ5cTbs https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Aquion-the-Bill...
- wpietri 9y agoOuch. And they later sold for $9.2 million. I sure have some questions about what they spent the money on.
- simonh 9y agoResearch and development, and building out manufacturing infrastructure for something nobody wanted. Looks like they were killed by the falling costs of Lithium Ion. If you plan to be 50% cheaper than Li in 4 years and then 3 years in Li costs have halved, you’re in trouble.