It seems they don't make MIT professors like they used to, although I agree about the Dreamliner battery. I was just saying to my brother that they should just replace the batteries with a couple of...

Try a different plug, or even a neighbor's. If the ground wire in the outlet is loose or otherwise won't work it will not charge.

That matches my prior understanding of what a C rate is, but E rate sounds exactly the same from the descrition. Just what is the difference?

That has always struck me a rather suspicious. While Phoenix does have lower lows, its highs are quite comparable to Dubai's. Compare Dubai with Phoenix (scroll down a bit).

Not the experts that I've been reading. Only 8% per year is the most common number, and who knows how long we can keep that up.

I don't like the black roof and hood, but otherwise it looks ok. They have plenty of time to make minor changes in it, too.

A 35 kWh battery isn't so large that I think they can get that kind of...

Possibly the LG battery they are using doesn't support it.

It's not quite the same script. I think 80 kilometers range sounds much better than 35 miles, for instance. Hey! It is much better! What's going on?

That's more like 100 times what the Volt has.

There is no reason to post DBM info to two separate threads, especially since you're the only one keeping both going. Just pick one.

It sounds like it has too low an energy density to compete for cars. They're probably targeting grid storage for a reason.

It would only be 10x if current batteries were all anode. They are not.

You would expect more like double current capacity, but at least Panasonic cells are currently planning on using silicon...

It would take a lot of engineering to get there. You can't just cut the current battery in half, it wouldn't have the power needed to run the car. You would need double the C rating, and I doubt...

GM is no longer being very open about developments, but my uninformed guess is that the Volt will gain a third rear seat in four or five years. I don't expect any other changes, except the price and...

Is $4 so much? It really should be high enough to keep away the Volts that don't really need it.

Two hours would be nice, though.

Then we use slightly lower grade lithium ores. It's not like we use up lithium, most of it can be recycled. At worst we could mine the sea to make up for losses.

A century is a long time, and...

That's the old Celmet. The new aluminum-Celmet can be used for lithium ion batteries. It's just coming out of research, so it will take awhile to know if it can really perform 1.5 times better than...

Zenn, the company that has been the main source of funding for them, appears to be cutting way back to preserve money. No sign of anything from EEStor directly.

Probably air, as in the lithium air battery. We don't know how to build them yet, though.

So around $300/kWh? Or maybe $350 with inflation. That is, unless I am wrong in my guess of $500/kWh for the Volt.


Lithium titanate? Their energy density has been rather poor. Although if it...