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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:54 am Post subject: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
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October 26, 2015 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Tech.
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Dyson, the manufacturer of high-tech vacuum cleaners and restroom hand dryers, has acquired Michigan startup Sakti3 for $90 million in cash, as reported by Quartz. Founder and CEO Ann Marie Sastry will oversee development of her company’s solid-state battery technology as an executive for Dyson.
UK-based Dyson, which invested $15 million in Sakti3 last March, also plans to build a new battery production plant, with an investment of up to $1 billion.
The EV community has followed Sakti3 closely – in August 2014, CEO Ann Marie Sastry told Scientific American that the company’s prototype solid-state battery cells had achieved energy density of 1,143 Watt-hours per liter – more than double that of today’s best lithium-ion batteries. GM Ventures invested a chunk of change in the company in September 2010, and some speculated that Sakti3 was a contender to provide batteries for GM’s upcoming 200-mile EV.
Solid-state tech was in the news again recently, as auto parts giant Bosch bought Seeo, another solid-state battery startup.
Is all of Sakti3’s pioneering work really going to end up as a way to improve battery life in cordless vacuums? Neither Sastry nor Dyson CEO James Dyson would comment on speculation about future plans to provide batteries for EVs, but Dyson did say that he’s not ruling out the possibility that Sakti3’s technology could be licensed to other companies.
“We are very fortunate indeed to join and become a contributor to not only Dyson, but hopefully help get solid-state battery technology out into commercial products much, much more quickly and efficiently,” said Sastry. “Where this will take us isn’t yet something we can comment on, but it is sure to be exciting.
Bob . . .
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:41 am Post subject: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
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On 10/30/2015 10:52 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
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October 26, 2015 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Tech.
Dyson, the manufacturer of high-tech vacuum cleaners and restroom hand dryers, has acquired Michigan startup Sakti3 for $90 million in cash, as reported by Quartz. Founder and CEO Ann Marie Sastry will oversee development of her company’s solid-state battery technology as an executive for Dyson.
UK-based Dyson, which invested $15 million in Sakti3 last March, also plans to build a new battery production plant, with an investment of up to $1 billion.
The EV community has followed Sakti3 closely – in August 2014, CEO Ann Marie Sastry told Scientific American that the company’s prototype solid-state battery cells had achieved energy density of 1,143 Watt-hours per liter – more than double that of today’s best lithium-ion batteries. GM Ventures invested a chunk of change in the company in September 2010, and some speculated that Sakti3 was a contender to provide batteries for GM’s upcoming 200-mile EV.
Solid-state tech was in the news again recently, as auto parts giant Bosch bought Seeo, another solid-state battery startup.
Is all of Sakti3’s pioneering work really going to end up as a way to improve battery life in cordless vacuums? Neither Sastry nor Dyson CEO James Dyson would comment on speculation about future plans to provide batteries for EVs, but Dyson did say that he’s not ruling out the possibility that Sakti3’s technology could be licensed to other companies.
“We are very fortunate indeed to join and become a contributor to not only Dyson, but hopefully help get solid-state battery technology out into commercial products much, much more quickly and efficiently,” said Sastry. “Where this will take us isn’t yet something we can comment on, but it is sure to be exciting.
Bob . . . |
The cool thing about the article is that it mentions several competing companies/approaches. Maybe it will push Elon to even better approaches.....
Charlie
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art(at)zemon.name
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:54 am Post subject: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
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As the owner of a plug-in hybrid car, this is great news. I just had to sell my pure electric car because it did not have sufficient range for my needs.
-- Art Z.
--http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel
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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:46 am Post subject: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
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At 12:52 PM 10/30/2015, you wrote:
| Quote: | | As the owner of a plug-in hybrid car, this is great news. I just had to sell my pure electric car because it did not have sufficient range for my needs. |
My personal wish is that the technology thrives
and is licensed to multiple manufacturers.
Anyone who sets out to market an aviation-
unique product is at risk for making a small
fortune by starting out with a large one . . .
it's hard enough for cars . . . what are
Tesla's prospects for ever producing positive
returns for all its investors?
On the other hand, the first airplanes to get
electrical systems exploited a tiny 'scoop'
into the technology flow for millions of automobiles.
Hence, a quantum jump in any automotive technology
bodes well for the minuscule aviation market.
Bob . . . [quote][b]
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