If I said that a solid state battery (or SSB) was coming to the market soon, would you believe me? What if I told you that some of the most advanced solid state batteries ever made are right around the corner? And that the pilot programs and production facilities are already in the works? I wouldn’t believe me either, but it's true. Solid state batteries have been one of those revolutionary breakthroughs that was always just another five or so years away. But now two companies, QuantumScape and Solid Power, are on schedule for commercialization. So how exactly are they bringing their solid state batteries to the market? And what makes them special?

52 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 21 May

I would be cautious with battery breakthroughs. I know little but I have a friend that works in the battery minerals industry and he likened it to the gold mining industry which he has also worked in. Everyone has a breakthrough, everyone just needs a bit more capital to hit pay dirt, almost everyone is full of crap.

Not saying there is nothing here but I am cautious with all these "breakthroughs" people say we are close to until I see them in action.

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 21 May

I agree (as does the video creator). This has been a major technological bottleneck at least since I was in school and there have been numerous promising approaches that end up going nowhere.

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 May

It is right around the corner along with fusion and room temperature superconduction.

It's probably ahead of those but you get my point.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 May

I have a friend whose expertise is battery technology and he agrees

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 May

I am skeptical too

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 21 May

IF SSB's actually arrive, I think this will be the catalyst to push many people into owning EV's. This is certainly the case for me, I'm not interesting in buying a vehicle that can only do 150-200 miles at a time. Too much hassle during long road trips trying to manage that...For me I think 400-500 miles is the benchmark.

Outside of EV's, these will make big transformations across the entire battery powered space.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 May

I care more about it for those other applications, but I'm sure you're right that it will be a boon for EV's.

I need the actual costs of EV's to come down dramatically, before I'm interested.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 May

https://chatgpt.com/share/69cd393e-bebb-4040-b501-8bffd647f9d7

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 May freebie

I am skeptical

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