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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium (www.newscientist.com)

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[–] [email protected] 177 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (41 children)

They designed and built a battery that uses up to 70 per cent less lithium than some competing designs.

This is probably a way of phrasing that means it's up to 70% less than the absolute most lithium-requiring designs that few/no one uses, and probably only marginally better than most designs actually used. Since they're very vague about it, I will be sceptical and assume it is way less revolutionary than the headline suggests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Not all batteries even use lithium. So why not just go with 100% less lithium, if that's the target metric.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

SLA doesn't get enough love. It's still the most reliable battery type in adverse conditions, especially cold temperatures.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Just has some small issues with size, weight, and energy density.

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