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byNoImNotNineVolt ( 832851 ) writes:
That's all good and well, but I get angry at my Lithium ion batteries when their capacity shrinks after 100 cycles.
Phinergy's aluminum-air battery provides 1,000 miles of range ... and requires refills of distilled water ... about every 200 miles.
Wait, you're telling me this thing gets 5, FIVE cycles before its off to the recycling heap?
Good luck with that!
byfuzzyfuzzyfungus ( 1223518 ) writes:
Metal-air batteries don't even pretend to be rechargables.
The little ones(most notably the zinc-air coin cells that pharmacies stock, heavily overpriced, in areas where gullible old people with hearing aids might find them) you just throw away.
The bigger ones are either a 'send back to factory' arrangement or a 'the anodes are an FRU' arrangement.
byAnimats ( 122034 ) writes:
Metal-air batteries don't even pretend to be rechargables.
Right. Remember, primary batteries have higher energy densities than rechargable batteries. An electric car loaded up with non-rechargeable lithium batteries would have a range over twice what it has with rechargeables. Then the batteries would have to be replaced.
Someone might do this for a race car. As a production product, not too useful.
byh4rr4r ( 612664 ) writes:
Why?
If the battery costs less than the equivalent amount of gas it could work.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Labor involvement. If you are dealing with a situation that is already high labor (formula 1 racecar), the addition of another specialized tool to swap battery packs is not a significant factor (since it will replace the already specialized speed-fueler mechanism in use currently).
If you are dealing with a low-labor situation (I put the nozzle in the hole and pull the handle), replacing that with a more laborious option (partially trained attendant uses race-grade hardware and hopefully doesn't break anyth
bySleazyRidr ( 1563649 ) writes:
There's no reason to assume that the battery can't be mounted in such a way as to be easily swappable. You might not get your minimum-wage gas station attendant to do it, but you can spend a bit of money on someone who knows what they're doing and still be ahead of gas. It's all just chicken/egg shit - not enough people to make battery-swapping stations economical, not enough battery-swapping stations to make people want electric cars.
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