Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agoToshiba developed a lithium battery that does not use cobalt and can charge 80% in 5 minutes. - Ev-ridersev-riders.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down19
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkToshiba developed a lithium battery that does not use cobalt and can charge 80% in 5 minutes. - Ev-ridersev-riders.comEspiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarePirky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoWhile it is relatively expensive compared to iron, we actually use 95% of all titanium mined for white paint since titanium dioxide is really white. So if we’re able to put almost all titanium production into white paint, I think we could take some of that capacity and put it towards batteries.
While it is relatively expensive compared to iron, we actually use 95% of all titanium mined for white paint since titanium dioxide is really white.
So if we’re able to put almost all titanium production into white paint, I think we could take some of that capacity and put it towards batteries.