Originally posted by Hypocorism Was that the issue deemed to be the final root cause of the famous self-immolating Notebooks fitted with Sony batteries drama?
.R. -- Who's waiting 'til we get millions of cars frantically 'charging' down our streets loaded with 200 kgs of Lithium bomb, just a different type of accident looking for some place to happen...
I believe so in essessence, yes.
The car issue is becoming reality, several well known companies are trialling cars with them. BYD(China) is the worlds largest producer (also a car manufacturer) of li-ion batteries, and is producing cars to run on them. Panasonic and others are also very heavily involved in mass production for cars.
However, the cost of the batteries is so great they will be built into the cars, with a non replacement life expectancy of approx 150k miles life. Dont expect the cost to come down yet, as the cost of the ore used to produce them is vast, and cannot easily be extracted at a higher volume/rate to reduce costs. Most comes from Bolivia, with argentina and chile close behind.
They are becoming safer with new electrodes which helps prevent meltdown, but as you say, when built into a car who needs IEDs?
woody