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Be great if it works:

Nybolt, based in Cambridge, has developed a new 35kWh lithium-ion battery that was charged from 10% to 80% in just over four and a half minutes in its first live demonstration last week.

This electric car battery takes less than 5 minutes to charge | CNN Business

Just wanted to post my initial thoughts after watching @jacktheripper's V3 sodium-ion battery announcement:


First, congrats to Jack and team for their hard work completely redesigning their product. Not quite at the finish line yet (release date "2024AUG"), but today's product announcement is certainly a huge hurdle.

Given that I don't yet have physical V3 hardware to review, for now my comments below are my own opinions based on statements made in the above video. The feedback I offer below is identical to the questions I would ask a co-worker during an internal engineering design review process:

@1:04 "The lithium battery just isn't designed to operate in extreme conditions in some corner cases".
I agree that NexCell's specific lithium cells were ill-suited for the Prius' huge current demands. The 'corner cases' would be anyone who drove the vehicle hard and/or in harsh conditions. However, this statement shouldn't be...