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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
antanicus@puntarella.party ("Antanicus") wrote:
Petrolheads, trying their best to look smart: "but what are you going to do with depleted batteries huh? Checkmate!"
Science: "The cells using recycled cathode materials lasted up to 53 percent longer. (...) The control cells degraded to 80 percent of their original capacity after 3,150 cycles and to 70 percent capacity after 7,600 cycles. At this point, they were done. Meanwhile, the recycled material cells could go through 4,200 cycles before they had degraded to only 80 percent state of charge. They reached an "astonishing" 11,600 cycles before 70 percent was the best they could do."
That must hurt...