This new solid-state battery cell claims to set industry records, could offer over 1,300 mile range
electrek.co
A solid-state battery developer in China has unveiled a new cell that could help change the game for electric mobility....

If this isn’t just corporate hype, this could be great for making smaller batteries, hopefully less resource intensive.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    61·
    8 months ago

    Yeah, this kind of headline is stupid. Any battery can offer any given range if it’s large enough. This kind of thing should be written as distance/mass or, for consumer products, cost/distance.

    • nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
      6·
      8 months ago

      Even that is meaningless because the vehicle you put a battery in is as important or moreso than the battery.

      Aptera has a claimed 1,000+ mile range with a 100 kWh lithium battery. Meanwhile, the Rivian R1S has a claimed 270 mile range when equipped with a 106 kWh battery.

      The main difference is that the Aptera is a light and aerodynamic car built for maximum efficiency instead of a 6,000 lb pickup truck. Any battery can boast amazing numbers if you are flexible enough with the use case.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        That’s true. I guess it should just be kWh/mass. Either that or we should have a standard vehicle all batteries are tested on for headlines if they want to talk about distance, which is obviously more understandable to the average reader.