yep, right now LiPos are being stacked in warehouses where localities that don't know any better (or don't care) are allowing a terrible fire hazard to be created. I doubt you can make table salt out of sodium ion batteries but it could be a vast improvement.
]]>Are the two possibly related? The fire issue alone would inspire regulatory bodies to require the industry to move away from LiPo to these. It is not going to be a hard sell to fire safety advocates.
]]>None, but it would be a nice replacement in ICE models. I wonder if it would even work. A lot of these modern batteries have drain detect shut off, and alternators have to put a tiny drain on batteries to create their fields. That's why you can't put a lithium Iron battery in a regular car.
]]>Exactly. What's the point of a 12V battery in an EV?
]]>Don't think age of EVs should be measured in years. It should be based on range driven as the right age yardstick since all EV battery lifespan is rated according to charge cycles.
]]>EVs could (and should) go 48v for "non-lethal" voltage, but for safety reasons, will still need to be able to completely isolate the high voltage battery when possible, and keep things running with a non-lethal voltage battery, and use power from the non-lethal lower voltage system to activate the contactors when for the high voltage on demand.
]]>Battery Manufacturingshave solved this.
The winning factor will be what to do with the battery when the car falls apart in 2 decades.
I doubt CATL will be interested in that declining market.
At some point the 12 volt battery will be replaced with a capacitor and some electronics.