Just passed third-party validation:
Claims:
* Up to 37 miles of range added per minute of charging (FULL charge in 5 minutes), much faster than Tesla Supercharging (20 to 40 minutes)
* Can charge safely to 100% repeatedly (no slowdown near full)
* Long-range batteries no longer matter because charging is no longer a time barrier
* 370-mile range motorcycle demo
* 20.2 kWh battery = 217 miles range
* 33.3 kWh battery = 370 miles range
* 400 Wh/kg energy density (current lithium-ion EV batteries are ~250 to 300 Wh/kg)
* 30 to 60% more energy per weight
* Very high safety (no flammable liquid electrolyte)
* 100,000 charge cycles lifespan (vs ~1,000 to 2,000 today)
* Works from −22°F to 212°F with over 99% capacity retention
* Ability to use existing battery manufacturing infrastructure
* “Lower cost than lithium-ion”
* Made from “abundant, low-cost materials”
* They intend it to fit into common vehicle systems & charging setups
Marketing perspective:
* Estimated to have 10 to 50 people total at their company
* Someone obviously cracked the code, because they are hyping it up online & doing public third-party validation
* This is a GENIUS marketing move because:
1. They can license this out to make billions, instead of merely selling it
2. They can partner with bigger companies for production
3. Even if its an imperfect design, if the core concept works (i.e. a producible solid-state battery), they can get the funding to hire a research team
4. This could save Tesla from China’s EV’s
5. This could push electric cars into mainstream if they could drive the cost down & eliminate the range vs. recharging speed issue. The cheapest EV is still $30,000, which is cost-prohibitive for more than 50% of Americans.
Gotchas:
1. Is it for real?
2. Can it scale to mass production?
3. A true 5-minute charge would really need more power than even a v3 Supercharger could supply
I AM READY FOR MY EV UNICORN PLEASE AND THANK YOU