The edible battery that's too good for electric cars

I sent the link to my friend who is working on converting cars to electric and if i get an explanation I'll let you guys know what he thinks
 
I sent the link to my friend who is working on converting cars to electric and if i get an explanation I'll let you guys know what he thinks
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im gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that ur friend is gonna make note of the varying sizes of batteries all with names like AA, AAA, d cell, etc and upon realizing their uniformity will find that we can make them replaceable in cars as easily and readily as we do flashlights and what not... my friend chris works at enersys actually making batteries and this was his conclusion as well.... ;)
 
Well, the entire article referenced reads a bit like very well polished troll physics, so it's unsurprising that they simply wave hands and swear this battery is too good for cars. And, interestingly, counter to their point, the most detailed article I can find about the battery technology is from Green Car Congress. So, it does appear that this technology is being researched for automotive applications. It's lack of use so far has more to do with the fact that it doesn't appear anyone has enough data to even begin to think about making one of these batteries commercially, yet.

But, truth be told, at a glance, sodium manganese oxide batteries do look like a fairly promising technology. It may pan out over years of research... It may not. Currently, they are still a lot of work to manufacture, hence the few test models that have been made have probably been eye-wateringly expensive, and not very practical for anything. (There's a lot more to them than just the simple salt water, chunk of carbon, chunk of manganese oxide the parent article mentions. There's a very specific nano-structure needed for the manganese oxide nanowires, and it is formed as more of a filter than an actual electrode.) A much more balanced look at this technology can be found on Energy Daily.
 
Not sure about "edible". I suspect you don't need that much manganese in your diet :D
 
theonestonecutter said:
im gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that ur friend is gonna make note of the varying sizes of batteries all with names like AA, AAA, d cell, etc and upon realizing their uniformity will find that we can make them replaceable in cars as easily and readily as we do flashlights and what not... my friend chris works at enersys actually making batteries and this was his conclusion as well.... ;)
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he said it was 'old technology' and pointed out it was salty water.
I guess that's the edible part :D
 
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