Breakthrough Battery Makes EVs Charge FASTER Than Gas Cars!

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Just to add some context as I'm a shareholder in GMG, their batteries are 100% recyclable and hold the same energy density as LFP batteries, in fact once you deduct the weight of the thermal management system and the energy it uses for NMC batteries, it's almost a wash. The theoretical power density is also twice that of Li-ion and they are much less toxic and not nearly as prone to overheating as Li-ion. Love hearing coverage on these guys, great info!

Ah, the game changing battery technology breakthrough for the month of August. I was beginning to think there wouldn't be one as the month was nearly over.

Lets say you have a 100kwh battery and charge that in 8 mins. Or better 6 so the power is 10*100kw = 1MW. If you have an insane 10'000 Volt Cable it still needs to handle 100A. Not forget the plug and all the electronics in the car. And if you have a 98% efficiency, you still have 2% of 100kwh = 2kwh to cool in 8 mins thats 2 hairdryers running for 1 houer.. And when 10 Cars are at the Power Station the plant needs to deliver 10MW just to one Gas Station.

I'm done with electric  cars,  I went back to gasoline because  of all hassle associated with electric cars and trucks !  No more for me , I've learned my lesson and my " ELECTRIC  CAR ANXIETY SYNDROME IS GONE " ... Happy days are here again !!

The challenge is to manufacture graphene in reasonable way - if that happens, it will open opportunities we can't even imagine - not in batteries, but in things such as heaters, coolers, ... I have to point out one thing - the production quality of your videos went up significantly. I did not even realized until now that it was lacking something, but with this video I see the progress. Congrats to the team!

Like everything we find on the Internet about batteries, they are still not ready for real-world applications. But I believe that there will be a breakthrough at some point, and we will have something that works. I appreciate that you are following these developments and sharing them with us.

interesting, specially because recently there has been a gigantic Lithium deposit found in Utah. supposedly enough for 50million bev's. Such a discovery must have an effect on the pricing of Li.

I've been making my own graphene for the last year and have gotten my process down to about $10 US per liter (done in much larger batches of course). It's not difficult in the process, rather it's time consuming on a low/medium scale, however it would easily ramp up to industrial size operations with larger equipment. I wasn't happy with using off-the-shelf graphite as that's a major cost if you intend to do it that way, so you might say my version falls into the synthetic variety. On the plus side, it's far, Far easier to get higher quality and pristine alignment rather cheaply in the conversion process. I'm constantly evolving and refining the techniques, and just yesterday I stumbled into a better use of the byproducts to turn some of the chemicals involved into soil-buffing fertilizer and am now wondering with yet another tweak, recapturing even more to use directly as electrolyte. I've got a lot on my plate for application testing in the next year, as initially I got into this to make 3D printing resin substantially stronger and less brittle, but the ever-growing list blows my mind into what all can benefit from relatively small additions of graphene.

I think the trade off with the GMG batteries would definitely be worth it. Even if it means a 30% reduction in the capacity, if it charges as fast as an ICE car then it would sell. There’s lots of great researchers in Australia but unfortunately we’re terrible at converting research into products and they tend to be brought to market by companies overseas.

When rechargeable tools first came out, you had to charge the whole tool which made them inconvenient. The removable battery was a game changer. The batteries on a vehicle could slide right out of the bottom at a changing/charging station.

I still think the "Elephant in the room" is the grid capacity to charge these batteries. Like you started in the video, the major need for batteries is not the vehicles, but ther overall stability of the grid to provide power during high demand but low production. My operation would need to go from 25kw power connection to 500kw if we could go all electric. That becomes too much demand on the grid with 1000s of like industries.

Very good video, I have been following the amazing properties of Graphene for the last few years. Not only can it be used for batteries and super capacitors, it can be used as ultra filtration of water, including sea water. Because of the worldwide droughts, it could potentially desalinate sea water at a low cost and a high quantity of ocean water. Furthermore, disposing of Graphene is a non-toxic waste because it decomposes to basic Carbon, which is what plants and animals are made of, it is an amazing material.

You do a great job of breaking down complex concepts. Thanks for all your help.

A gas/petrol fuelled car 'charges' at about 20MW. Good luck with charging an electric car at that rate! (About 200kA at 110V). The charging leads would be quite something to handle.

Been following the GMG Aussie company for a few years now. They have a world patent on their efficient process for making (not mining) high quality Graphene from methane gas. Big things coming. This is be a safe, fireproof, efficient and green game changer.

Hi Ricky, love the show and informative as always. There are, however, a few things missed about the potential of GMG's battery. One is the thermal dissipation - due to the graphene and aluminum construction, thermal energy is easily removed from the battery and thus requires less cooling. This would result in a massive reduction in the need for additional cooling equipment for the battery pack that adds to the overall weight. herefore more batteries could be packed in the space used and thus increasing the battery packs overall energy density. Another is the increased potential of energy recovery through breaking. Current tech is limited due to the batteries inability to handle the full charge when utilizing the motor to slow the vehicle. With GMG's battery more energy could be recovered this way, which further increases the range from a single charge in under 5 minutes. Exciting stuff right? Keep up the amazing work bro and look forward to the next one. 🙃

They won’t charge in a few minutes using that thin yellow cable, I’ll bet! Another great video, Ricky!

If I remember correctly the CEO of the company developing the aluminium graphene battery said there is a clear roadmap to increasing their energy density significantly. I think he said right now they are only utilizing one electron from the aluminium, but they could potentially use three. Something like that.

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