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1. 08:54 AM - A new 'star' on the lithium horizon (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
2. 10:41 AM - Re: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon (Charlie England)
3. 10:54 AM - Re: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon (Art Zemon)
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| Subject: | A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
October 26, 2015 by
<https://chargedevs.com/author/charles-morris/>Charles
Morris & filed under
<https://chargedevs.com/category/newswire/>Newswire,
<https://chargedevs.com/category/newswire/the-tech/>The Tech.
Sakti3
Dyson, the manufacturer of high-tech vacuum
cleaners and restroom hand dryers, has acquired
Michigan startup Sakti3 for $90 million in cash,
as reported by
<http://qz.com/525623/vacuum-cleaner-maker-dyson-is-buying-experimental-batt
ery-startup-sakti3/>Quartz.
Founder and CEO Ann Marie Sastry will oversee
development of her company=92s solid-state battery
technology as an executive for Dyson.
UK-based Dyson, which
<https://chargedevs.com/newswire/dyson-invests-15-million-in-solid-state-bat
tery-maker-sakti3/>invested
$15 million in Sakti3 last March, also plans to
build a new battery production plant, with an investment of up to $1
billion.
The EV community has followed Sakti3 closely ' in
August 2014, CEO Ann Marie Sastry told Scientific
American that the company=92s prototype solid-state
battery cells had achieved
<https://chargedevs.com/newswire/sakti3-demonstrates-impressive-energy-densi
ty-with-solid-state-battery-cells/>energy
density of 1,143 Watt-hours per liter ' more than
double that of today=92s best lithium-ion
batteries. GM Ventures invested a chunk of change
in the company in September 2010, and some
speculated that Sakti3 was a contender to provide
<https://chargedevs.com/newswire/could-sakti3-build-gms-200-mile-battery/>ba
tteries
for GM=92s upcoming 200-mile EV.
Solid-state tech was in the news again recently,
as auto parts giant Bosch bought Seeo, another solid-state battery startup.
Is all of Sakti3=92s pioneering work really going
to end up as a way to improve battery life in
cordless vacuums? Neither Sastry nor Dyson CEO
James Dyson would comment on speculation about
future plans to provide batteries for EVs, but
Dyson did say that he=92s not ruling out the
possibility that Sakti3=92s technology could be licensed to other companies.
=93We are very fortunate indeed to join and become
a contributor to not only Dyson, but hopefully
help get solid-state battery technology out into
commercial products much, much more quickly and
efficiently,=94 said Sastry. =93Where this will take
us isn=92t yet something we can comment on, but it is sure to be exciting.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
On 10/30/2015 10:52 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:
>
> October 26, 2015 by Charles Morris
> <https://chargedevs.com/author/charles-morris/> /&/ filed under
> Newswire <https://chargedevs.com/category/newswire/>, The Tech
> <https://chargedevs.com/category/newswire/the-tech/>.
>
>
> Dyson, the manufacturer of high-tech vacuum cleaners and restroom hand
> dryers, has acquired Michigan startup Sakti3 for $90 million in cash,
> as reported by Quartz
> <http://qz.com/525623/vacuum-cleaner-maker-dyson-is-buying-experimental-battery-startup-sakti3/>.
> Founder and CEO Ann Marie Sastry will oversee development of her
> companys solid-state battery technology as an executive for Dyson.
>
> UK-based Dyson, which invested $15 million in Sakti3 last March
> <https://chargedevs.com/newswire/dyson-invests-15-million-in-solid-state-battery-maker-sakti3/>,
> also plans to build a new battery production plant, with an investment
> of up to $1 billion.
>
> The EV community has followed Sakti3 closely in August 2014, CEO Ann
> Marie Sastry told Scientific American that the companys prototype
> solid-state battery cells had achieved *energy density of 1,143
> Watt-hours per liter*
> <https://chargedevs.com/newswire/sakti3-demonstrates-impressive-energy-density-with-solid-state-battery-cells/>**
> more than double that of todays best lithium-ion batteries. GM
> Ventures invested a chunk of change in the company in September 2010,
> and some speculated that Sakti3 was a contender to provide batteries
> for GMs upcoming 200-mile EV
> <https://chargedevs.com/newswire/could-sakti3-build-gms-200-mile-battery/>.
>
> Solid-state tech was in the news again recently, as auto parts giant
> Bosch bought Seeo, another solid-state battery startup.
>
> Is all of Sakti3s pioneering work really going to end up as a way to
> improve battery life in cordless vacuums? Neither Sastry nor Dyson CEO
> James Dyson would comment on speculation about future plans to provide
> batteries for EVs, but Dyson did say that hes not ruling out the
> possibility that Sakti3s technology could be licensed to other companies.
>
> We are very fortunate indeed to join and become a contributor to not
> only Dyson, but hopefully help get solid-state battery technology out
> into commercial products much, much more quickly and efficiently,
> said Sastry. Where this will take us isnt yet something we can
> comment on, but it is sure to be exciting.
>
> Bob . . .
>
The cool thing about the article is that it mentions several competing
companies/approaches. Maybe it will push Elon to even better approaches.....
Charlie
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| Subject: | A new 'star' on the lithium horizon |
=0AAs the owner of a plug-in hybrid car, this is great news. I just had to
sell my pure electric car because it did not have sufficient range for my n
eeds.=0A =0A -- Art Z.=0A =0A--[ http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ ]( http:
//CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/ )"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I
am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel=0A
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