New electric vehicle battery could recharge in 5 minutes, avoid fires

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/electric-vehicle-battery-could-recharge-013000849.html

As an IEEE member, I enjoy reading the Spectrum magazine. It's a highly informative publication.
For a more detailed article, here is a link to IEEE Spectrum:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335

Nanoelectrofuel flow batteries provide an upgrade from traditional flow batteries by boosting energy density via nanoparticles, IEEE Spectrum magazine reported. Their development is being spurred by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The technology is two years away from powering electric vehicles and the wider grid, but it offers advantages over flow and lithium-ion batteries, the latter of which is the standard for EVs and electronic devices.
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IEEE Spectrum highlighted the nanofuel’s potential to balance the supply of energy, provide uninterrupted power, and further reinforce the grid with backup sources of electricity. The battery is “small enough for use in an electric vehicle and energy-dense enough to provide the range and the speedy refill of a gasoline-powered vehicle,” it stated.

Influit Energy, a startup seeking to commercialize nanoelectrofuel flow batteries, has used government contracts to improve nanoelectrofuel, the battery architecture, and the recharging and delivery system, according to IEEE Spectrum."

 

Well...what would such a charging system look like? I'm not quite dumb enough to pan anything Spectrum might publish but...dang. Interesting article but what if the two liquids came in contact?

 

Then again, gasoline is also desperately dangerous in theory.

 

In THEORY? Remember the Ford Pinto?

 

A good question, and I'm sure there are many valid questions and concerns. When it comes to safety, I'm sure automakers will be subjected to many safety tests.
They don't want to be held liable for damages.

 

Well, we use an awful lot of gasoline every day and the race is not yet extinguished.