====== The Revolutionary Battery Technology Checklist ======

Found on [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28025930|Hackernews]], I thought it was pretty good:

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Dear battery technology claimant,

Thank you for your submission of proposed new revolutionary battery technology. Your new technology claims to be superior to existing lithium-ion technology and is just around the corner from taking over the world. Unfortunately your technology will likely fail, because:

☐ it is impractical to manufacture at scale.

☐ it will be too expensive for users.

☐ it suffers from too few recharge cycles.

☐ it is incapable of delivering current at sufficient levels.

☐ it lacks thermal stability at low or high temperatures.

☐ it lacks the energy density to make it sufficiently portable.

☐ it has too short of a lifetime.

☐ its charge rate is too slow.

☐ its materials are too toxic.

☐ it is too likely to catch fire or explode.

☐ it is too minimal of a step forward for anybody to care.

☐ this was already done 20 years ago and didn't work then.

☐ by this time it ships li-ion advances will match it.

☐ your claims are lies.

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If you're building a vehicle, especially an overlander, you should [[boring_tech|use boring technology]].