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• XorNot 2y ago
  It's mostly durability AFAIK - lead-acid is heavy, but it's cycle life is actually pretty poor. They're used as car auxillary batteries because they do have very nice properties for that specific application with ICE engines (namely, a nice resistive charging curve - they absorb the sort of noisy power you get from an alternator very well).
  • shiroiushi 2y ago
    Not all lead-acid batteries are like car starter batteries: deep-cycle batteries are the same basic technology but they're actually good at being discharged heavily and recharging over and over. They're not good at supplying tons of current quickly, though, which is what's needed for a starter battery.
• bonzini 2y ago
  There's also vanadium flow batteries that seem to be improving and might be good enough to provide a smoother peak capacity. https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/17r9q6s/comment/k8hfmpr/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/17r9q6s/co...