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   On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:30:08 -0600   
   JAB  wrote:   
      
   >  Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?   
   >   
   > Nanoparticles may boost energy density enough for EVs   
   >   
   > As she drives her electric vehicle to her mother's house, Monique's   
   > battery gauge indicates that it's time to reenergize. She stops at a   
   > charging station, taps her credit card at the pump, inserts a nozzle   
   > into the car, and in 5 minutes exchanges 400 liters of spent nanofluid   
   > for fresher stuff. As she waits, a tanker pulls up to refill the   
   > station itself by exchanging tens of thousands of liters of charged   
   > for spent fuel. Monique closes her EV's fueling port and heads onto   
   > the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400   
   > miles).   
   >   
   > The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery, a design in   
   > which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. Flow   
   > batteries are safe, stable, long-lasting, and easily refilled,   
   > qualities that suit them well for balancing the grid, providing   
   > uninterrupted power, and backing up sources of electricity.   
   >   
   >   
   > https://spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335   
   >   
   Great news for all those forecourts! (and folk that can't get a cable to   
   the kerbside at their home).   
      
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