car energy consume improvements

[Paul-R]

I don't see a NEED to combat CO2 emissions. CO2 is the breath of life, without it, Earth turns into the Moon...;

AC is right. You have no more idea than Trump who said, during the winter, that it was cold and some global warming might not come amiss.

[onepower]

ramset

Yes, Batteries storage has always had issues ..from the mining to (lithium recycling??)

Yes some batteries have more issues than others but not "all batteries"

For example, the nickel-iron Edison cell uses common materials, potassium hydroxide (potash) electrolyte and has been proven to last hundreds of years. It is still the best battery for very long term reliable energy storage for renewables.

The newest solid state battery technology is almost unbelievable. It could charge faster than the time is takes to fuel a vehicle, uses abundant cheap materials and has an energy density higher than gas/diesel. It's a game changer but like any technology has a lengthy development time.

Remember, the Internal Combustion Engine was invented around 1800 and it took over 200 years of development to get it to where it is today. 200 YEARS, so I'm not sure why so many people are having a meltdown over the the progress of battery technology. The progress is moving magnitudes faster than the development of any fossil fuel engine.

The biggest problem is that many fossil fuel companies have been buying controlling shares in cutting edge battery companies then purposely bankrupting them or shelving the technology. It's often done through foundations, investment funds or offshore shell companies.

For example, the Alfred Hubbard technology was bought by a radium company which was a subsidiary of a major oil company. The moment the oil company bought the rights the technology was never heard from again. We should have had free energy in the 1950's however these sadistic power hungry people in the fossil fuel industry kept burying the technology or killing the inventors. The most sadistic people/corporations appear to come out of Texas where most oil people originally made there money. Victor Schauberger was also lured to Texas, destroyed and left for dead. Texas is to oil what the Sackler family is to opioid addiction.

AC

[Cloxxki]

Those solid state batteries have been hyped for about a decade now. What can I purchase, right now?
The most powerful EV companies have been investing in solid state for years. NIO have been promising a 150 kWh ET7 sedan for years as well. Somehow, it's not here. You can only order the 75 and 100 kWh versions, still.

Even at the 360 Wh/kg or so promised by NIO (automotive wet cells sit at 270-280 Wh/kg maximum), assuming the cells won't exothermically combust in any way and are greener and sweeter than angel's farts...still are utterly rubbish for crucial use cases such as ships and planes. Small crafts that don't need to go far and only slowly, sure that will work, but those kind of with on wet Li-Ion as well. Just spend a godawful amount on a small boat or little plane and it WILL go slowly for a short voyage and make you look like a green virtue signaling rich #$^@ traveling in it or having the butler fetch you some burgers in it.

An actual century ago, EVs were actually the top of the crop. There were city bus services, luxury cars were battery powered and nicer to operate, and for speed records you just needed an electric one. The reasons why EVs didn't lead this automotive centure...are still valid today. And worse than a century ago, EVs are actually a good bit more expensive than equivalent ICE vehicles, despite the huge scale of battery and e-motor production nowadays. Why? We started expecting motorway speeds from cars, ocean crossings from ships, and near-mach transoceanic from planes. Even if battery energy density would work for planes today (it's off by about 10-20 fold I would say), the planes would add several hours to an ocean crossing flight of say 10 hours.

If we can get low cost water splitting, steam cars and planes would become pretty attractive. Hydrogen on demand...rocket engines. And for cars a silent but wasteful fuel cell to electric conversion.

[SolarLab]

Wondering if these "Boost Converters" have any "Gain"

So, I'll assume none of you guys know (or can figure out) whether these Boost Converters
have any "Gain" associated with the designs.

Oh well - thought someone might have some idea! Lots of chatter, and what not, but nothing
technical. 

Thanks anyway... Have a good one!

[kolbacict]

Wondering if these "Boost Converters" have any "Gain"

I'm afraid to assume that this is one of Dr. Holcomb's devices "Boost Converters" ?