Maybe maybe maybe, the battery scientists are just like "climate scientists" solar developers and race baiters.
Battery design is its own specialty.
Just like the above specialists, they wouldn't want to actually solve a problem and see their lucrative gubmint funding-stream dry up.
“Maybe maybe maybe, the battery scientists are just like “climate scientists” solar developers and race baiters.”
Supercapacitors have one major problem - energy density. For a given weight, so far they don’t hold as much power as chemical batteries. There are some promising new developments involving carbon nanotubes and graphene, but it’ll be a while before availability. From what I’ve read, at best they will equal Li-Ion batteries. That would be a big win, as supercapacitors can endure 100x+ more charge/discharge cycles, and charge faster. We’ll see.
“Just like the above specialists, they wouldn’t want to actually solve a problem and see their lucrative gubmint funding-stream dry up.”
That’s nonsense. There’s billions if not trillions of dollars to be made. Battery technology has been steadily improving due to the same market forces.