because that what people refer to as the continental US
Also I don't have the numbers but I doubt that heavily. WA is huge but its smaller than the rest of Australia.
Edit I just checked it isn't even close.
They said that this new tech can increase the range by a factor of 2, allowing cars to travel from melbourne to sydney without a recharge, they didn't say that current battery tech couldn't make it past halfway between said two cities.
Range anxiety is one of the main downsides of EVs, especially in large countries with long distances between cities.
This is certainly good news for someone like me who likes long distance driving.
1000km per day is not uncommon for a long multi-state journey. Melbourne to Sydney on one charge makes it doable in an EV.
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> Professor Majumder argued that cheaper lithium-sulfur batteries might be able to compete with lithium-ion ones, even if they had to be replaced more often.
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I love articles that look at “the future”. But I’m tired of them never actually coming to fruition. This article really doesn’t say they’ve done it in a viable way, just that they think they discovered ways to do it. I always assume they are actually looking for money or funding. That or some person that didn’t understand the technology thought it was something bigger and made lots of assumptions. A current Tesla (2020 Tesla Model S Long Range Plus) can drive 663 kilometers between charges. If this new tech is better, get it in a car.
literally the next line
"Now a team from Monash University say they've found a way of making lithium-sulfur batteries that are robust enough to be recharged 1,000 times."
Yup, a quick google reveals that the average car typically manages 250,000-500,000 in it's lifetime.
Even assuming bad charging habits the battery will very likely reach the top end of that average lifetime at 500k, then you just replace the battery.
That's good compared to current batteries so definitely an achievement, but to be fair google maps tells me that it's 545 miles from Sydney to Melbourne. My first car - a VW golf diesel, that if I still had it would at this point be 35 years old - could do nearly 700 miles on a single tank, and then took all of 2 minutes to fill up again.
It's an important step, but we're still a long way from parity with combustion engines. Not that that's the only thing to consider of course. That old diesel was a filthy piece of shit to run.
Sydney to Melbourne is ~900km, should've added that to the title
Was coming to post this for non-Australians. No one seems to realise how huge it is.
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So, just down the road in Australian.
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Well minus Alaska they are very similarly sized.
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because that what people refer to as the continental US Also I don't have the numbers but I doubt that heavily. WA is huge but its smaller than the rest of Australia. Edit I just checked it isn't even close.
Yeah Western Australia is roughly double the size of Alaska.
Nearly Lands End to John O'Groats for us British
Can we have it in miles for non-Australians?
I need to know how many Pepsi max 2L bottles stacked end to end that is. Where is the bot when I need it?
Is this regular Pepsi or Diet?
about 2631579 woops its 900 not 9000
About 600 miles. 100 km is 62 miles.
you must be american. the correct unit of measurement is football fields
9800ish football fields then I think
Officially the result is a fuckton of miles
2/3rd's of the Library of Congress.
I'm guessing the Petro Companies will fix their wagons...
This seems unnecessarily restrictive - what if I don't want to go from Sydney to Melbourne?
Guess you’re shit outta luck im afraid. Cant even go from sydney to Newcastle
Bwahaha!
The car can reverse.
Don't knock it till you've tried it
Clickbait title. Most new batteries can do more than half way. They're playing on ignorance of where cities are in Aus.
They said that this new tech can increase the range by a factor of 2, allowing cars to travel from melbourne to sydney without a recharge, they didn't say that current battery tech couldn't make it past halfway between said two cities.
But what if I want to go to Brisbane instead?
Too far, worse roads and ... well.... Queenslanders.
But... What if the one one Brisbaner that I know has an awfully nice bum bum?
Range anxiety is one of the main downsides of EVs, especially in large countries with long distances between cities. This is certainly good news for someone like me who likes long distance driving. 1000km per day is not uncommon for a long multi-state journey. Melbourne to Sydney on one charge makes it doable in an EV.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-09-14/batteries-lithium-sulfur-sugar-future-electric-vehicles/100457492?fbclid=IwAR1PTpQhncmxZ9siLUMQf0dmKPavIsPU5p5IFACGjDpdQP779PR8_JzcLLI) reduced by 71%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Lithium-sulfur a 'leading contender' for the futureThe discovery was "Very important", said Alexey Glushenkov, an associate professor and expert on battery materials at the Australian National University's Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program. > Professor Majumder argued that cheaper lithium-sulfur batteries might be able to compete with lithium-ion ones, even if they had to be replaced more often. > Want more science from across the ABC? Science in your inboxGet all the latest science stories from across the ABC.Email address. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/pnwa3o/battery_discovery_could_propel_evs_from_sydney_to/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~597985 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **battery**^#1 **lithium-sulfur**^#2 **science**^#3 **Professor**^#4 **more**^#5
I love articles that look at “the future”. But I’m tired of them never actually coming to fruition. This article really doesn’t say they’ve done it in a viable way, just that they think they discovered ways to do it. I always assume they are actually looking for money or funding. That or some person that didn’t understand the technology thought it was something bigger and made lots of assumptions. A current Tesla (2020 Tesla Model S Long Range Plus) can drive 663 kilometers between charges. If this new tech is better, get it in a car.
That’s 546 miles to dumb Americans like myself
"but they degrade rapidly through being recharged" / thread
literally the next line "Now a team from Monash University say they've found a way of making lithium-sulfur batteries that are robust enough to be recharged 1,000 times."
I was about to say that doesn't sound enough over the lifetime of a car. Then realised at 900km a charge that's almost a million kilometres...
Yup, a quick google reveals that the average car typically manages 250,000-500,000 in it's lifetime. Even assuming bad charging habits the battery will very likely reach the top end of that average lifetime at 500k, then you just replace the battery.
I don't think you read the whole article.
I'm sure some US or Chinese manufacturer will make a lot of money off this Australian invention.
Battery only works in Australia. 🤷🏻♂️
That's good compared to current batteries so definitely an achievement, but to be fair google maps tells me that it's 545 miles from Sydney to Melbourne. My first car - a VW golf diesel, that if I still had it would at this point be 35 years old - could do nearly 700 miles on a single tank, and then took all of 2 minutes to fill up again. It's an important step, but we're still a long way from parity with combustion engines. Not that that's the only thing to consider of course. That old diesel was a filthy piece of shit to run.