Scotty!
Are you familiar with these new Nano Diamond batteries? One charge and you are done. Could be a gamechanger.
https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/supplements/bt/features/articles/38472
Thank you, sir.
As per usual, another boondoggle with limited potential and use-cases marketed as "the technology of the future".
That's a very low output (compared to even a standard single EV cell - a lithium 2170 battery) NUCLEAR power device.
No one is going to let consumers have a car powered by nuclear waste with energy equivalent to a tactical nuke.
These kinds of nuclear batteries have been around since the 50s-60s, the "diamond nuclear battery" is just another revision.
It can be used for watches, pace-makers, other stuff that's low power and would be inconvenient to service overtime.
As far as EVs, A Tesla uses 0.2 kWh per mile, so over 150k miles is 30 mWh (MEGA-watt-hours), or 180 cubic-foot worth of coal.
Obviously to think that 30 mWh, the equivalent to 25,000 TONS (60,000 lbs) OF TNT of energy, will be placed in your car is ridiculous.
Sure maybe in 2,000 years there will be a car built using carbon nanotubes with a nuclear fission generator and autonomous AI {pear}:exhausted:
But that time has not come, for now let's first brake the 1,000 Wh/L barrier on a large battery. {pear}:laughingoutloud:
You are one smart cookie, Mr. Dan, except for your conversion of tons to lbs. 😉
@avalon04 I know that 60k lbs is actually 27 metric tons and not 25 - it’s just rounding.
@Dan Actually I thought it was a typo and I was just teasing about that. But now I know that you were referring to “metric” tons and rounding off. Nevertheless, I am amazed at your answer and detailed knowledge of the subject.👍
You can get more power from a watch battery
The "Super Battery" that will be a "game changer" has been just around the corner for the last 50 years or more.
Like Chuck says, this is ancient technology. The company is exaggerating claims of its usefulness in an attempt to hype it and attract trendy "green" pump-and-dump investment capital for vaporware. They don't even have a prototype.
A UK university analyzed it, concluding that "The amount of carbon-14 you'd need to power a cell phone would ... require a mass greater than the phone itself."
The same company is involved in various other tech scams aimed at duping investors.
They are being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787068/000178706821000004/offering.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzV_uzSTCTM