Is Tesla quietly developing a revolutionary new battery w John B. Goodenough (inventor of…

1JLButMZPU7xu2PUBPxekTcpJKPzZuaTuZ (1372) · January 17, 2020

Is Tesla quietly developing a revolutionary new battery w John B. Goodenough (inventor of Lithium Ion batteries)? The battery features mind blowing qualities. If true, this would change everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl39bJAAgY4

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1JLButMZPU7xu2PUBPxekTcpJKPzZuaTuZ (1372) · January 17, 2020

- low weight
- doesn't get hot
- charges faster
- made of abundant raw materials
- capacity gets better over time

This data about how battery cost effects Tesla's gross profit is even more interesting when considering all of this: https://sym.re/6As5FWH

1JLButMZPU7xu2PUBPxekTcpJKPzZuaTuZ (1933) · January 18, 2020

Historically this never happened. There are better (working) batteries trying to scale production for decades, incl different flavors of solid state.

1JLButMZPU7xu2PUBPxekTcpJKPzZuaTuZ (1933) · January 18, 2020

What we need is compact nuclear 😂

1JLButMZPU7xu2PUBPxekTcpJKPzZuaTuZ (1372) · January 18, 2020

That's kinda what Elon was saying on the call. I think the difference here is this guy's track record. Maybe it amounts to nothing 🤷