Post #523773
2026-02-25 08:06 UTC
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@tb_@lemmy.world 2026-02-25 08:50
It doesn’t really dispute it, though. Lithium-ion has seen a lot of improvement, yes, because it’s already a giant industry; other battery chemistries have a hard time breaking through because they require entirely different processes to manufacture. I’m still rooting for it, but it’s not really the same thing.
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@echodot@feddit.uk 2026-02-25 10:59
Well all those graphs show is that the cost of batteries has gone down and that as a result electric cars contain more batteries and therefore more range. It doesn't actually show that the individual battery capacity has increased. The third graph that indicates battery performance vs battery chemistry doesn't really show incremental improvement it just shows general improvement but there's plenty of battery chemistries that are worse than pre-existing ones.