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>after another few decades of battery chemistry improvement How do you know we aren't near the end of what is possible with batteries already? I assume that
by JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
>after another few decades of battery chemistry improvement
How do you know we aren't near the end of what is possible with batteries already? I assume that people in the steam and internal combustion era thought things would just keep improving forever as well.
- Robotbeat 6y agoBecause of where we are in the lab for better chemistries.
- JohnJamesRambo 6y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2kmz7d/liion_battery_pricing_and_energy_density_over_time/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/2kmz7d/lii... This only goes to 2005 and is plateauing at 200. I checked and a Tesla is 250-260 or so. Seems rapid growth is definitely over and we are at the asymptote.
- gorbypark 6y agoI don’t have any experience with Steam engines, but IC engines have made huge improvements in efficiency in the last 10 years or so.
- lovemenot 6y ago>> I assume that people in the steam and internal combustion era thought things would just keep improving forever Maybe at the beginning of steam, but as early as 1824 Carnot had put a theoretical limit on it.