throwaway_12358134 t1_is0pm3i wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:37 PM

Reply to comment by userino69 in South Korean researchers say they have developed an anode-free lithium-ion battery that is 40% more energy dense than existing batteries and will enable EVs to travel 630km (390 miles) on a single charge. by lughnasadh

Lithium is fairly equally distributed, unstable dictatorships are a problem for oil, not lithium. Lithium can be recycled too, gas cannot.

throwaway_12358134 t1_is0lwb0 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Reply to comment by Narethii in South Korean researchers say they have developed an anode-free lithium-ion battery that is 40% more energy dense than existing batteries and will enable EVs to travel 630km (390 miles) on a single charge. by lughnasadh

You get diminishing returns as the battery gets heavier though.

throwaway_12358134 t1_is0l7t9 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Reply to comment by Poshtulio in South Korean researchers say they have developed an anode-free lithium-ion battery that is 40% more energy dense than existing batteries and will enable EVs to travel 630km (390 miles) on a single charge. by lughnasadh

Lithium is abundant enough on earth. Its estimated that there is about 21 million tons of lithium in the earth's crust and about 1 trillion tons of lithium in the ocean.