New Battery Technology

[Kyobanim]

University of Central Florida Researchers Confirm Battery Breakthrough Developed by Planar Energy

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)) have verified findings by Planar Energy that could lead to dramatic cost and performance improvements in large format batteries required for practical electric vehicles.

“It will allow solid state battery fabrication that will enable manufacturers to increase their capacity by 200-to-300 percent, while reducing costs more than 50 percent”
.“AMPAC scientists independently confirmed that Planar Energy’s new generation of solid state electrolytes have ionic conductivity metrics comparable to liquid electrolytes used in traditional chemical batteries,” said Dr. M.J. Soileau, a UCF professor of optics, electrical & computer engineering and physics, who is the university’s vice president for research & commercialization.

“This fundamental materials breakthrough, coupled with our proprietary low-cost manufacturing process, will render traditional chemical batteries obsolete,” declared Scott Faris, president and CEO of Planar Energy.

“It will allow solid state battery fabrication that will enable manufacturers to increase their capacity by 200-to-300 percent, while reducing costs more than 50 percent,” he continued. “This is what the automotive industry needs to make electric vehicles practical and affordable.”

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[Sacamuelas]

I glanced through article. Very impressive. I didn't see anything about weight in the article. I know that plays into the calculation when real world functions are considered.

I hope this technology lives up to the article's hype.

[Kyobanim]

I've searched and can't find anything about weight, but I would suspect that there would be a weight savings conssidering the materials used.

We can hope.