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People like to make this snarky comment a lot while ignoring that over the last 30 years batteries have in fact become enormously more energy dense. The revolu
by gameswithgo 6y ago
People like to make this snarky comment a lot while ignoring that over the last 30 years batteries have in fact become enormously more energy dense. The revolution came a tiny bit at a time and it is here.
- ashtonkem 6y agoRight, but it’s been incremental steps in improving a “boring” technology, not the new and revolutionary replacement that ends up getting voted up to the top of HN.
- gameswithgo 6y agoI lived through the transition to lithium ion batteries in the first place, that was pretty revolutionary.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThey also took about 20 years to go from the lab to the electronic store shelf, and another 20 years still before they were first put into EVs. Revolutions do happen, of course. But incremental improvement is both necessary and often overlooked.
- syntaxing 6y agoSerious question, has this been the case? I was under the impression even Tesla/Panasonic couldn't figure this out and ended up just stuffing more batteries into the unit rather than making the cell themselves denser.