Ex-Navy officer inventor signs a multi-million deal to produce his electric car battery that will take drivers 1,500 miles on single charge!

[MR. FUSION]

You would need two in your vehicle so when one was fully discharged it switched to the other one, as we do with lpg bottles.

Only one battery in a Tesla, well lots of little torch batteries actually, but you get the point, only one main battery.

 

[Deneb]

It's the fact that it appears in the Daily Mail that destroys any credibility, and since there have been other similar press reports on the same individual and his invention since at least 2012 they are also a bit late to the party.

The University of Southampton also researched "his" battery technology in partnership with Swedish scientific institutions and appear to have concluded that the batteries showed signs of internal physical degradation after only an hour's use!

 

[Don Quixote]

Why are British inventors often called Trevor? I have to admit it’s a good name for a boffin!

Because Trevor is clever............. Simples

 

[wiljoy]

What was the conclusion to that saga ?

Mass suicide

 

[chaser]

Because Trevor is clever............. Simples

Could never understand all the hoo har about Trevor bayliss invention all it was, was a bike dynamo in a transistor radio , stuff that had been about for nearly 100 years

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[Gromett]

Only one battery in a Tesla, well lots of little torch batteries actually, but you get the point, only one main battery.

Technically there is only one battery, lots of little cells, but only one battery.

A battery is a group of cells

Bit like a battery of guns etc.

Calling an AAA cell a battery is technically incorrect as it isn't multiple cells

 

[olley]

A quick google brings out the pedant in me.

a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

 

[TerryL]

RANT

I first spotted this item this morning over my cup of tea and review of a news feed and was really encouraged. Yes the cynical part of me said "what's the catch?"

And now I read this thread and am totally depressed. It's no wonder we Brits have lost the edge in technological development

We're all too bloody NEGATIVE

Rant over!

 

[swiftsteve]

So would they be free to exchange? Or would you be paying £5000 after every 1500 miles?

 

[Gellyneck]

RANT

I first spotted this item this morning over my cup of tea and review of a news feed and was really encouraged. Yes the cynical part of me said "what's the catch?"

And now I read this thread and am totally depressed. It's no wonder we Brits have lost the edge in technological development

We're all too bloody NEGATIVE

Rant over!

Surely the other end of the battery would be positive though?

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[Gromett]

A quick google brings out the pedant in me.

a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

One cell is a cell not a battery. One gun is a gun not a battery. You don't hear the expression there was a battery of guns containing one or more guns
It requires 2 or more for it to be a battery.

However, I will concede that in normal everyday use a battery may be one cell. My position on this subject comes from my education as an electrical engineer so my technical pedantry may be overridden by your natural language pedantry.

Dammit, that was an argument from authority. Please forgive me for this lapse.

 

[pappajohn]

We'll see!

Related to Sir Clive or Dyson maybe?

 

[pappajohn]

as he quotes. 0.08 per mile cost.

As I read it Ian, he said 7p per mile against 12p per mile for a petrol hatchback.

the running costs of an aluminium-air powered car would work out at 7p per mile. The cost of a small hatchback’s petrol comes to around 12p per mile. More important, lithium-ion batteries are heavy.

 

[MR. FUSION]

We'll see!

Related to Sir Clive or Dyson maybe?

I well remember using a Dyson MKI hand dryer at Victoria station, it blew what must have been months of crispy crud from peoples hands lurking in the bottom of the unit into my face....awful piece of design!

 

[Diabalo]

There is a very good reason some things seem to be too good to be true.

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[pappajohn]

Technically there is only one battery, lots of little cells, but only one battery.

A battery is a group of cells

Bit like a battery of guns etc.

Calling an AAA cell a battery is technically incorrect as it isn't multiple cells

So battery park in New York is an outright lie, it has no batteries or cells....... Anymore.

 

[tacr2man]

Might be a good range extender/reserve in a Liion powered vehicle like capacitor ?

 

[TerryL]

Post deleted - thought I'd got my mind round it but on reading I was talking a load of rubbish................................

 

[Guigsy]

It's not rechargeable. Once you've used it up, you have to swap the whole massive unit. So you'd have to commit to a whole load of new infrastructure and changes to car design to make the battery easily swapable. This makes the migration to rechargable electric cars a relatively simple option by comparison.

This Alu-Air cell idea is facing a similar issue to hydrogen fuel cell cars. That also needs a large commitment to infrastructure change. This battery swap thing would be even more work and probably not as efficient.