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The article claims that their tech should be cheaper than li-ion if manufacturing is scaled up. This is actually plausible, because there are fewer parts. Each
by ajb 3y ago
The article claims that their tech should be cheaper than li-ion if manufacturing is scaled up.
This is actually plausible, because there are fewer parts. Each li-ion battery consists of a huge number of cells which must each be manufactured with precision, whereas precision parts comprise only a small piece of a flow battery - most of it is just the four tanks
This does seem a relatively promising tech. Cheaper and less flammable. One thing that don't mention is whether it's can charge conventionally as quickly as li-ion. If so then it could be a drop in replacement even without deploying electrolyte replacement stations.
- davedx 3y agoRight, had to scroll a long way to find this but there is a quite outrageous claim that it’ll be cheaper: > Influit expects that its current generation of nanoelectrofuel, together with the entire ecosystem needed to produce, distribute, and recycle the fuel that the company is building around it, should cost $130/kWh when used in an EV. In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh. No details given of how they arrived at this figure. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
- ajb 3y agoI wouldn't expect them to publish those details, cost structure is something most companies keep close. If you are a potential partner or investor and sign an NDA, then you might get details. The rest of us will have to wait and see