---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 10/30/15: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:54:36 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: AeroElectric-List: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon October 26, 2015 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, 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 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 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 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 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 . . . ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:41:56 AM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon From: Charlie England On 10/30/2015 10:52 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote: > > October 26, 2015 by Charles Morris > /&/ filed under > 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 > . > 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 > , > 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* > ** > 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 > . > > 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 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:54:03 AM PST US Subject: RE: AeroElectric-List: A new 'star' on the lithium horizon From: "Art Zemon" =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?" 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