paul314
Can they manage the power density with less heat? You can discharge all the power in current lithium batteries in a minute or less, but they get kinda hot.
Eddy
They are currently flogging 100 -110 ah lithiums for around $1800-$2000+ here in aus. some with an inbuilt charger as they have such a special charge requirement. This makes them out of reach for most caravan and camper trailer owners using 2X 100ah AGM's. If this new technology capacity ever makes it to the shops we can make do with 1 maybe smaller unit if the lithium depth of discharge benefit remains the same. A complete game changer especially for the RV and camping industry amongst others as the price drops with volume. Trying not to get too excited as I have been reading of these miracles almost weekly for years and nothing much has changed at consumer level.
aksdad
The strange claim at 1:34: "Carbon nanotubes are 5 nanometers in diameter and 100 microns in length...proportionally taller than even the Burj Khalifa, Dubai." The "fineness" ratio of the Burj Khalifa (height to base proportion) is 8.6. Fineness ration of CNTs is 20,000. So they're proportionally taller than 2,300 Burj Khalifas stacked on top of each other, reaching 6,330 kilometers into space, well beyond low earth orbit where the majority of satellites are, and extending into medium earth orbit. It would be 5,900 kilometers taller than the International Space Station's orbit at about 400 kilometers above the earth. fyi, because I know someone else besides me was curious.
usugo
as it is mentioned in the article, they were the company supposed to revolutionize battery technology with capacitors, even though the numbers and physics didn't add up. And, no product has ever come to market from them.
So, ..... I will believe it, when I see it.
michael_dowling
If there were anything to it,Musk would be all over it.
jerryd
More investor seeking claims with nothing to back it up. Show us the cells and have independent testing. Until then it's just vaporware.
For those needing batteries buy used EV lithium-ion and the only charging you need is a 4.12vdc/cell cut off to prevent them from overcharging and a low voltage cut off at 3.2vdc and they are fine.
I use a 49.2vdc settable power supply to charge mine I use in my 8kwh light EVs.
I fine on LG cells from Chevy Volt do not even need a BMS if kept in those voltage limits for 2.5 yrs now.
And until then regular golf cart are the best, lowest cost 5 yr plus storage you can find is a far smarter route, not AGMs unless you can get them at the same price.
You really want ones you can water so if a over changing event, can recover vs with AGM, you lose it..
By the time you need to replace them, Li-ion or LFP will cost the same as AGMs saying 60% overall and 5 extra yrs of storage.
Don't let the shiny object of high cost lithium blind you to perfectly good lead batteries so you can be independent now.
I've used them 40 yrs in offgrid systems and treated right last very well.
Gyula Bognar
If Nawa technologies already sells the revolutionary supercapacitor assisted batteries, where can they be purchased and how much are they? Can they be compared to traditional batteries the indusrty is using now? Anybody is switching to use Nawa batteries instead of those made by Panasonic or other large manufacturers? Proven theories and successful experiments made in the laboratory still have to be transformed to commercially viable products. That is the bigger portion of the job, by far.
BlueOak
NAWA appears to have been around since 2013 and yet it is difficult to find any meaningful actual output in the market. Its website is dated, many pages with apparent content dating to 2017 or 2018. $27 million invested over that period seems very low for such a “promising” company.

So some cynicism about lofty claims might be reasonable:

“delivering up to 3x the energy density, 10x the power, vastly faster charging and battery lifespans up to five times as long.“
Signguy
Yeah, as the saying goes; Talk is Cheap!
bwana4swahili
It would revolutionize the electric vehicle market if the hype turns out to be practical! Time will tell...