CATL Announces Development of Lithium-Air Batteries with Potential 12,000 Wh/kg Energy Density
CATL has announced it is developing lithium-air batteries with a potential energy density of up to 12,000 Wh/kg, which would be a massive leap over current lithium-ion battery technology. The article frames this development in the context of the ongoing transition away from internal combustion engines, drawing parallels between early unreliable automobiles and today's evolving battery technology. The piece emphasizes that breakthrough battery technologies currently in labs will power future transportation including cars, trucks, airplanes, and ships.
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It has become an article of faith around CleanTechnica's magnificent titanium and carbon fiber headquarters that the batteries powering the cars and trucks (and airplanes and ships) of the future are in laboratories today.
The internal combustion engine has been smoothed and polished into the docile, reliable power source we take for granted today, but it was not always so.
Early automobiles were snorting, cantankerous beasts that tended to shake themselves to pieces after a few thousand miles.
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