Comments on: The Use Of Lithium-ion Batteries For Large Scale Applications Is Impractical Except When Price Is No Object https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/the-use-of-lithium-ion-batteries-for-large-scale-applications-is-impractical-except-when-price-is-no-object/ Commentary & analysis on rare earths and other technology metals Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: David https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/the-use-of-lithium-ion-batteries-for-large-scale-applications-is-impractical-except-when-price-is-no-object/#comment-114 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:07 +0000 https://www.techmetalsresearch.net/wp/?p=366#comment-114 Wow, you say it can’t be done….yet the automakers have already been doing it. Ford’s E-ka, Nissan Altra EV started us off on Lithium EVs years ago. The question is no longer can it be done but when. Lithium batteries are struggling for EV’s due to a couple of reasons…no one is making them in the large format needed for EV’s in any sort of quantity, nor will they until the production volume of EV’s looks promising enough to sustain large scale production. The reliability issues are understood, and have been addressed, with chemistry choices, with cell construction, and with balancing and control electronics…..they are as safe or safer than the Internal Combustion/ fossil fuel vehicles urrently on the road. Useable Energy densities are approaching par with gasoline as a storage media…

It’s easy to criticise from the outside….but please know your subject matter before doing so.

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