https://www.koreatechtoday.com/ev-battery-maker-sk-on-declares-emergency-management-ft/
EV Battery Maker SK On Declares ‘Emergency Management

The company has announced extended layoffs at its plant in Georgia and delayed the launch of a second plant in Kentucky, a joint venture with its principal US customer, Ford.

While Chinese companies CATL and BYD dominate the global battery market with a combined share of 53.2%, South Korean firms like LG, SK, Samsung SDI, and Japan’s Panasonic are expected to capture growth opportunities in Western markets.

According to the Financial Times, efforts in Washington and Brussels to curb the influx of Chinese batteries have created a window of opportunity for non-Chinese battery manufacturers, including SK On, which has benefited from subsidies under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

However, Tim Bush, a Seoul-based battery analyst at UBS, noted that South Korean battery makers have been “badly let down” by US car manufacturers. These manufacturers have struggled to produce EVs appealing enough to meet their sales projections. For instance, General Motors had forecasted selling 1 million EVs by 2025 but sold just 21,930 units in the second quarter of this year.

 

Breakthrough battery bears 212°F heat, hits 99.8% efficiency after 450 cycles


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Apart from applications in high-temperature scenarios, the microcrack-free electrolyte membranes also have the potential to enable fast charging due to low overpotential. This capability could allow electric vehicles to recharge in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee

 

Hi,

I am not going to waste my time reading or looking at that because of two phrases:
"have the potential to"
and:
"capability could allow".

The thing is, either these 'batteries' (and I use that word in the fictional sense) will exist or they will not exist, or either they work or they don't work. This is not quantum theory where the battery is both in existence and not in existence at the same time.
What happens is you end up reading a bunch of quasi-predictive junk, as bad as junk mail. At the end, you know nothing more for sure than what you started out with. That could be a long read too, which equates to a huge waste of time.

I think I have a battery that is 99.999999 percent efficient, but in reality it will not be able to be produced for about another 1273 years. Hey, what can I say, progress is slow, but you had to read this didn't you
The real problem is that advertisements are now being disguised as science articles. Any BS will do, as long as it gets people to read it and, oh yeah, coincidentally see that target advertisement.

I can't blame people for reading this stuff though, it always includes some insanely attractive proposition.
Unfortunately, most of it falls under the same circus tent.
<sound on: CIRCUS_MUSIC>

 

The article is from Interesting Engineering, that's reason enough to avoid it.

 

The article is from Interesting Engineering, that's reason enough to avoid it.

The amount of pop-up adverts was the reason I avoided it.

 

The article is from Interesting Engineering, that's reason enough to avoid it.

Oh ok

I still get sucked in with some articles too only to get to the end and find something like, "So we might see this in the future".
That's the state of advertisements these days I guess. The way I understand it is that people got too wise to what was an ad and so learned to avoid them quite easily, so the ads had to get 'smarter' by fooling the reader into thinking it was an informative piece on something of wide interest.
This is a shame because we might start avoiding articles that really are of interest.

 

The amount of pop-up adverts was the reason I avoided it.

OH geese, that makes it even worse although it's a good heads up as what is to come

 

The article is from Interesting Engineering, that's reason enough to avoid it.

Does it have a sister magazine called “dull engineering”, or perhaps one for civil engineers called “Boring”?

 

Absolutely horrific.

https://x.com/atensnut/status/1817261458306085321

 

Samsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan tech


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Price was the main reason that the largest EV battery maker CATL initially scoffed at any mass solid-state battery production plans, saying that this can't happen before 2030. CATL has since reconsidered, though, and is now planning for 1% solid-state battery penetration rate in 2027, too.

 

Absolutely horrific.

https://x.com/atensnut/status/1817261458306085321

Jesus H Christ ...

 

Yikes. I wonder what the rest of the story is.

 

First-ever dry cathode Cybertruck: Tesla model could reshape EV landscape


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The new model is most likely to advance both technology and cost efficiency. The dry-cathode technology is expected to enhance the Cybertruck’s range and performance while significantly reducing production costs.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/04/business/electric-vehicles-ev-charging/index.html
‘Charger hogs’ are ruining the electric vehicle experience.

Recently, I drove a new Chevrolet Blazer EV from New York City to Bristol, Pennsylvania. I figured the drive down to Bristol with my family would take about 90 minutes and, since I didn’t start with a full battery, the return trip would take 15 to 20 minutes more with a stop along the way to charge up the EV some.

I was so very wrong.

It took us four hours to get home that night. We were sitting in line for electric vehicle chargers. Blame ill-mannered charger hogs who don’t respect EV etiquette. It’s like waiting for your table in a restaurant while watching people casually chat over empty plates and half-empty wine glasses.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/04/business/electric-vehicles-ev-charging/index.html
‘Charger hogs’ are ruining the electric vehicle experience.

Funny there's never been such a thing as "gas station etiquette".

Millennials love rules.

Forget about "sticking it to the man."

They are the man.

 

Funny there's never been such a thing as "gas station etiquette".

Millennials love rules.

Forget about "sticking it to the man."

They are the man.

Sure there was, the lawn mowers don't get to skip line..

In 79, I did a cross-country bike trip on my CB-750. With a 2 gal gas can strapped to the front forks on top of the small front fender. Bikes could cut line on any day but it wasn't a smart thing to do when people had waited hours for that pump.

 

Funny there's never been such a thing as "gas station etiquette".

Wrong. Move your car from the pump before going shopping at the convenience store portion of a busy gas station. Such rules are common sense to those of us who are considerate of others.

 

Wrong. Move your car from the pump before going shopping at the convenience store portion of a busy gas station. Such rules are common sense to those of us who are considerate of others.

No one ever got mad at me for topping off my tank.

 

Especially not at a Buc-ees, with 120 pumps. You can leave your car at the pump while you shop and eat.

 

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1820926449970282902

I predict lots of excess deaths over the coming years.