Startup ONE says its battery prototype delivered 750-mile range
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Startup ONE says its battery prototype delivered 750-mile range
DETROIT — Our Next Energy (ONE), a two-year-old Michigan startup, said on Wednesday it had tested a prototype of its new battery in a Tesla Model S, driving 752 miles (1,210 kilometers) before recharging.
ONE aims to begin producing battery packs that will deliver similar range — about double that of most existing electric vehicles — by late 2023, according to Mujeeb Ijaz, ONE’s founder and chief executive.
“We plan to build (batteries) in North America, and believe it can be done economically,” Ijaz said in an interview.
ONE has focused on developing an advanced long-range battery that uses safer and more sustainable materials, while packing more energy into a smaller, less expensive package.
Ijaz, a 30-year industry veteran, is a former senior executive at Apple and A123 Systems, where he led teams developing battery systems for electric vehicles.
For ONE’s Gemini battery, Ijaz said: “We want to eliminate both nickel and cobalt, but we don’t want to give up energy density. We aim to re-invent battery chemistry as well as the cell architecture” in order to provide at least 750 miles of range between charges.
“If you put that much energy on board, you are ready for anything the customer asks – a round trip from Detroit to Chicago, or towing a trailer.”
ONE’s range target is well beyond even the best of current electric vehicles, including the Lucid Air, which offers just over 500 miles of range in the top version.
Ijaz said ONE chose a Tesla Model S to showcase its prototype battery because “it has fairly high efficiency and a fairly large battery pack” which provided enough space to fit ONE’s battery.
The testing was done in a road test across Michigan in late December, at an average speed of 55 miles per hour, ONE said.
ONE aims to begin producing battery packs that will deliver similar range — about double that of most existing electric vehicles — by late 2023, according to Mujeeb Ijaz, ONE’s founder and chief executive.
“We plan to build (batteries) in North America, and believe it can be done economically,” Ijaz said in an interview.
ONE has focused on developing an advanced long-range battery that uses safer and more sustainable materials, while packing more energy into a smaller, less expensive package.
Ijaz, a 30-year industry veteran, is a former senior executive at Apple and A123 Systems, where he led teams developing battery systems for electric vehicles.
For ONE’s Gemini battery, Ijaz said: “We want to eliminate both nickel and cobalt, but we don’t want to give up energy density. We aim to re-invent battery chemistry as well as the cell architecture” in order to provide at least 750 miles of range between charges.
“If you put that much energy on board, you are ready for anything the customer asks – a round trip from Detroit to Chicago, or towing a trailer.”
ONE’s range target is well beyond even the best of current electric vehicles, including the Lucid Air, which offers just over 500 miles of range in the top version.
Ijaz said ONE chose a Tesla Model S to showcase its prototype battery because “it has fairly high efficiency and a fairly large battery pack” which provided enough space to fit ONE’s battery.
The testing was done in a road test across Michigan in late December, at an average speed of 55 miles per hour, ONE said.
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And then after some time, what you say is "BS" comes to market and is accurate and then you move the goalposts and say it can't ever progress from there. We now have a production EV that gets 500 miles of range and you were saying we'd never see 300. Give me a break.
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Do you outright hate progress? I can't remember you ever saying anything positive about new and evolving tech you slam it and say we are all doomed and must stick to what we already have. I find it incredibly bizarre.
That being said, fly by night companies like "ONE" pop up every few months. They haven't yet been popular around automotive industry, but in the electronic world there have been countless "startups" making sensationalist claims that never materialize. They are just quick schemes to rip off investors, and if you buy into this nonsense, I have an electric turbo for sale that you put into your intake and it gives you 100mphg and 1000hp.
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Here is a link to a similar thread on HardOCP, look at the way people accustomed to such "news" react, lol.
https://hardforum.com/threads/startu...rough.1967754/
https://hardforum.com/threads/startu...rough.1967754/
“My top advice really for anyone who says they’ve got some breakthrough battery technology is please send us a sample cell, okay. Don’t send us PowerPoint, okay, just send us one cell that works with all appropriate caveats, that would be great. That sorts out the nonsense and the claims that aren’t actually true.” Elon Musk
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“My top advice really for anyone who says they’ve got some breakthrough battery technology is please send us a sample cell, okay. Don’t send us PowerPoint, okay, just send us one cell that works with all appropriate caveats, that would be great. That sorts out the nonsense and the claims that aren’t actually true.” Elon Musk
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Current battery tech definitely isn't maxed out, LiFePo4 has been getting a lot of attention lately ("lately" is a bit of an understatement but still) and is progressing nicely, energy density-wise. I wonder whether these guys are doing something similar.
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I think Toyota is right. To add range, you add mass, when you add mass you add cost. I think anything is possible...but doesn't mean it will work.
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That's not at all correct. Range will increase if you improve powertrain efficiency, increase the energy density of the battery, you reduce overall mass or some combination of these factors. You do not need to add mass to increase range.