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> So if you're talking about electric vehicles, our battery could run for around 90 years without the requirement of recharging. > Take the battery for a Tesla
by virgilp 6y ago
> So if you're talking about electric vehicles, our battery could run for around 90 years without the requirement of recharging.
> Take the battery for a Tesla car, it costs somewhere in the region of US$9-10K. Our battery will cost something in the region of US$7-8K
> battery into the market in less than two years' time.
This is too good to be true. Something's amiss.
How do they stop the decay/ what do they do with the power while the car is not in use?
- numpad0 6y ago> Dr Nima Golsharifi: Our battery is based on the beta decay and alpha decay of radioisotopes. um...yeah, couple nuclear RTGs on a car, we do that all the time in Kerbal Space Program, yeah safe and good
- moltar 6y agoWhat would happen if a car gets into a massive accident? Will we have a nuclear spill? I know they say it’s covered in a diamond, and I’m not intimately familiar with it’s properties. But can it crack under certain conditions? Impact? High temperatures?
- me_me_me 6y ago90 years of energy stored. That is immersive about of power. A petrol tank is basically a fire bomb. Now take 90 years of driving worth of petrol. If this is real it would be a huge threat needing to be well protected from damage.