Technical breakthrough? Or is IBM just trying to make their stock go up?
IBM Reveals “Staggering” New Battery Tech, Withholds Technical Details:
"IBM lifted the veil this week on a new battery for EVs, consumer devices, and electric
grid storage that it says could be built from minerals and compounds found in seawater.
(By contrast, many present-day batteries must source precious minerals like cobalt from
dangerous and exploitative political regimes.) The battery is also touted as being non-
flammable and able to recharge 80 percent of its capacity in five minutes.
The battery’s specs are, says Donald Sadoway, MIT professor of materials chemistry,
“staggering.” Some details are available in a Dec. 18 blog posted to IBM’s website. Yet,
Sadoway adds, lacking any substantive data on the device, he has “no basis with which
to be able to confirm or deny” the company’s claims."
See:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise...ery-technology