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Old 18th May 2021, 16:18
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Salute!

Good news for the hybrid military vehicles, and from Oz, no less. Link could be paywalled, but try the "private page" option.

Aluminum-ion batteries are just the ticket for my pickup truck in the hills. Going downhill I can charge much faster than the current Ii-on things that catch fire and weight a lot. As the dude says, these batts are like capacitors, so charging is in econds and not minutes or even hours.

Only problem I see is the military vehicles need a reliable source of volts and amps at the home base or even the mobile outpost for the initial launch. That is the long pole in the tent. For long range cruise, no way but fossil fuel or biofuel.

Try: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michael...h=7631303c6d28

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