It's the Batteries, Stupid!

[JRP3]

I think the way to market EV's is to have different levels of battery pack. You have the base model with 50 mile range, then 100, then 200, etc. Design it so that range upgrades in the future aren't too difficult. The pack in my conversion will cost around $4K including shipping from China and across the US to my door and give me between 30-40 miles of range, all I need. I'm sure there are others with similar needs who would be happy with a $15-$20K 50 mile range EV who don't feel like making their own.

[TEG]

Hitachi To Increase Battery Production To 70 Times Its Current Output - AllCarsElectric.com

[TEG]

DailyTech - Auto Industry Transforms as Automakers Pair With Battery Makers

[Mark Petersen]

Well I hope that lithium air will be available for the Model S.
only problem is that it will take a 2 days to recharge the battery, but range would be 3000 miles

Technology Review: Waterproof Lithium-Air Batteries
Air-fuelled Battery Could Last Up to 10 Times Longer

maybe an even future option is lithium H2O
to save weight TM need to replace the cooling fluid with saltwater

[johnr]

^ Sounds very impressive ... and with that kind of range, who cares how long it take to charge

[Serge]

Lithium-Air batteries have their own topic.

[dpeilow]

Green Car Congress: Stanford Researchers Take Another Approach to Silicon Anodes for Li-ion Batteries with Carbon-Silicon Core-Shell Nanowires

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Green Car Congress: Stanford Researchers Take Another Approach to Silicon Anodes for Li-ion Batteries with Carbon-Silicon Core-Shell Nanowires

Di not understand much in this piece. I just have to tell myself, It's the batteries, Stupid!

[dpeilow]

After Gutenberg » Is Lithium Cobalt Oxide Still in the Running?

Link to company: OGRON BV - Energy storage: News

That really is good enough for more than 310 miles (~500km). Should be interesting.

Yeah, we should folow up on the EVent in Long Beach. Tesla might send someone...

Advanced Automotive Batteries

Did anything come of this?

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Samsung and Bosch to put $409 million into SB LiMotive battery plant

Samsung and Bosch to put $409 million into SB LiMotive battery plant — Autoblog Green

The company has big plans, hoping to grab nearly a third of the automotive battery market by mid-decade. Bosch is the biggest automotive supplier in the world and produces parts for almost every automaker.