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Matt's avatar

Wonderful article Christopher. AI is just a prediction tool. It will replace some battery scientists who do predictive lab experiments but humans will always be needed to make judgements.

When CEO of SES reports that he needs positive and negative battery data for his AI agent, he means it. They are the only non Chinese battery company that advertises its testing bunker online.

I would love to see an article on Lithium Metal Anode batteries. They require vapor deposition technology to coat Lithium less than a hair’s thickness on copper foil. An interesting company doing this is Elevated Matériels which is offspring of parent company Applied Materials.

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Robert Gorski's avatar

Interesting that SES is using an AI focused version of vertical R&D.

Related: I think the best application for these newer generations of batteries are drones, cellphones, and other shorter lived consumer devices. A car is such a large purchase, by comparison, that customer conservativism on technology is necessary. I don't want to spend $50k on a car only to have it brick 2-3 years later due to some issue on the learning curve of a new chemistry. It is better to accept 10% lower performance on a car in exchange for known durability. I'll take a risk on my phone or drone!

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