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[–] fart_pickle 57 points 5 months ago (26 children)

I've been reading about various breakthroughs in battery world for past decade or so. So far none ended up in a consumer product.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (15 children)

I've been reading about battery breakthroughs for decades. And I remember when the latest in battery tech was alkaline, then Ni-Cd, then Li-Ion, and now LiPo. All of those have ended up in consumer products.

[–] Spur4383 20 points 5 months ago (6 children)

You skipped Ni-MH there, that was major for not having the memory problems of Ni-Cd. We still use those in AA and AAA rechargeable batteries.

[–] FreeLikeGNU 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ni-MH production for EVs was effectively shutdown by Texaco and later Chevron through patent acquisitions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Holy shit. I had no idea.

Chevron is pretty fucking evil for a lot of reasons, but we’ll add this one to the pile, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

totally TIL worthy

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