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Big: The electric Lightning LS-218 motorcycle contains the first commercial vehicle battery with a silicon-dominant anode--able to go 335 miles, and then add 200 miles of charge in 12 minutes. The anode, with 70% silicon, is made by Enevate Corporation--and is metallurgical silicon. If this proves out, such anodes--made right now by 3 companies--could disrupt EV batteries. The Electric. https://lnkd.in/e8rs7Eud

The Electric: The First Commercial Silicon-Dominant Battery Powers This Motorcycle

The Electric: The First Commercial Silicon-Dominant Battery Powers This Motorcycle

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Michael Sura

⚡Energy and transport analyst, strategist, and advisor⚡ Supporter of a sustainable future. The first aid provider for #hopium overdose

7mo

"The anode, with 70% silicon, is made by Enevate Corporation....." Li-ion cell makers use to add 2-7% (weight percentage) of Si to the graphite anode. Si is great because its specific capacity is up to 4200 mAh g −1 compared to only 372 mAh g −1 for graphite, but Si changes its volume by 300% during charging and discharging. I hope that you know what it means for the structure of li-ion cells - the high risk of cracked anode or cathode current collectors. That is why serious battery makers avoid adding too much Si, because they do not want to risk battery packs in fire.

Michael Sura

⚡Energy and transport analyst, strategist, and advisor⚡ Supporter of a sustainable future. The first aid provider for #hopium overdose

7mo

A battery with silicon-dominant anode? Please explain.

Steven Gust

Renewable Fuels and Energy Consultant

7mo

Would you have a real world test report?

Ken Boyer

Fisher Designated Professor @ Ohio State | Supply Chain Transformation, Author - The Electric Vehicle Revolution: Five Visionaries Leading the Charge (Rowman & Littlefield)

7mo

Cool. Not a motorcycle rider… can I pop the battery out and install in my Tesla?

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Jill Pestana

Battery Scientist & Engineer | Battery Consultant | Keynote Speaker | YouTuber | Sustainability + JEDI Advocate |

7mo

Seems from the comments here that people don’t really understand silicon-based anode technology. Perhaps I should make a video dispelling these misconceptions! Thanks for capturing this pivotal advancement toward the commercialization of Si anode cells Steve LeVine !!

Sylvain Sedille

Sales & Business Development

7mo

Great work achieved with this bike and placing such battery tech inside! Well done to all who worked on this!👏🏻 I moderate the “cheap” silicon, one cannot use standard metallurgical grade known as commodity and priced few $/kg, but rather a high purity specialised silicon which must be pulverised to the right particle size distribution. It takes a lot of energy and the right proprietary technology such as the one held by Ferroglobe to supply such silicon metallurgical grade in respect with the environment.

Scott Gordon-Wylie, Ph.D.

R&D Scientist | Engineer | Manager | Entrepreneur

7mo

Vroom!

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