Although I don't put much faith in this guy since he's funded by certain interests that I don't trust, I do think that improved batteries are a good thing and will make EVs more viable going forward.

These particular batteries are crazy expensive for the amount of power they actually provide, which is quite low.  2600 Watt Hours is not very much and won't power a refrigerator or washing machine for very long, let alone an air conditioner.

I'm still not convinced that battery storage will be economically viable for large-scale applications in the short to medium term. 

Still, progress is good, and I believe the technology will one day be cheap enough to make it viable, but not by 2030 like many claim.

Dave

Chinese company Nio, last year,  drove their car, with a solid state battery, 650 miles without stopping to charge. Quite a few companies have moved out of the lab and are testing on the road. 

The 650 mile solid state pack Nio are using is available now.

In terms of battery storage being economically viable, there's a multitude of packs in a multitude of homes now, storing energy from solar installations and cheap rate power at night. A battery for a standard solar array in the UK is about 8K I recall. 

In terms of cars, the Model 3 is now below the Average US car price and the Model Y the best seller. Quite a few sub £30,000 cars around, of course, but it's dependent on required range. 

Edited July 16, 20241 yr by martin-w