If this isn’t just corporate hype, this could be great for making smaller batteries, hopefully less resource intensive.

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    7 months ago

    Yeah, this kind of headline is stupid. Any battery can offer any given range if it’s large enough. This kind of thing should be written as distance/mass or, for consumer products, cost/distance.

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      7 months ago

      Even that is meaningless because the vehicle you put a battery in is as important or moreso than the battery.

      Aptera has a claimed 1,000+ mile range with a 100 kWh lithium battery. Meanwhile, the Rivian R1S has a claimed 270 mile range when equipped with a 106 kWh battery.

      The main difference is that the Aptera is a light and aerodynamic car built for maximum efficiency instead of a 6,000 lb pickup truck. Any battery can boast amazing numbers if you are flexible enough with the use case.

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        7 months ago

        That’s true. I guess it should just be kWh/mass. Either that or we should have a standard vehicle all batteries are tested on for headlines if they want to talk about distance, which is obviously more understandable to the average reader.