Thursday, October 24, 2019

Hmm, is this actually possible?

This is worth reading: Ex-Navy officer turned inventor signs a multi-million deal to produce his electric car battery that will take drivers 1,500 miles without needing to charge.

A few excerpts:
In 2001 he began to investigate the potential of a technology first developed in the 1960s. Scientists had discovered that by dipping aluminium into a chemical solution known as an electrolyte, they could trigger a reaction between the metal and air to produce electricity. At that time the method was useless for commercial batteries because the electrolyte was extremely poisonous, and caustic.

...Jackson's eureka moment came when he developed a new formula for the electrolyte that was neither poisonous nor caustic.

...Another problem with the 1960s version was that it worked only with totally pure aluminium, which is very expensive.

But Jackson's electrolyte works with much lower-purity metal – including recycled drinks cans. The formula, which is top secret, is the key to his device.

Accredited tests have shown that, weight for weight, Jackson's fuel cell produces nine times as much energy as lithium-ion: nine times as many kilowatt hours of electricity per kilogram. 

This doesn't appear to be one of those rigged demonstration/utter fraud types of things, at least, as far as I can tell. It's not a perpetual motion machine.

However, I'm not that smart, either, and you guys are. So if you have a background in this area, I'd appreciate it if you'd read the article and weigh in with your opinion. Thanks.

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