I’ve seen numerous articles for decades claiming some new type of battery. Almost none of them ever made it to market, and the few that did, didn’t make much of an impact.
Lithium ion has had enormous impacts.
“I’ve seen numerous articles for decades claiming some new type of battery. “
Many of them have very fragile structures (won’t survive the heat/cold/vibration of a car), or have very high self-discharge rates - for example, they might discharge by themselves in a day or two after a charge if you don’t use it.
The article doesn’t seem too concerned about the total supply of lithium. There may be “a good amount” of it, but there is NOT a large amount of it that can be mined/refined inexpensively. After that is gone, the costs will go up A LOT.
“Almost none of them ever made it to market, and the few that did, didn’t make much of an impact.”
Yup. There is a big difference between what some lab can custom build and what can be mass produced economically.