They are improving a few percent every other year, but never in big jumps like these headlines would suggest
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FiskFisk33@startrek.website 5 months agoYet they keep getting better
Jako301@feddit.de 5 months ago
Overspark@feddit.nl 5 months ago
That’s not true, “regular” Li-ion batteries have become tremendously cheaper and have increased their capacity by a lot in the past decade. The next jump in their capacity is about 50% more again, and it’s already being previewed by the big battery manufacturers.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 months ago
I don’t think they’re discounting the excitement, but keeping realistic expectations. Don’t hold off on buying an EV or hybrid if you’re in the market right now because headlines say they just discovered this. The path from lab to the dealership is long and sometimes fruitless
metaStatic@kbin.social 5 months ago
combustion engines get better every year too. Engineers love optimizing what's already there.
A breakthrough by it's nature isn't just a marginal improvement.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 5 months ago
A breakthrough often enables more than just a marginal improvement in theory. However building real world, mass produceable products based on the science is not an instant process, and very commonly manifest as a trickle rather than all at once.