Flava and cyrox9 Jan 2024 09:43
Good posts and info,i wil answer your question,the sodium battery from dgi is 200watt density, at the moment and looking to improve on it, the best from tesla is 260w, only in the newer models, and the cheap byd sodium is a measly 120w so byd need us as theres sounds rubbish,but i believe its used in a entry level car aimed at china/india at £8 to 10 k,dgi at 200 w now is good enough for cars and perfect for storage/grid/solar/powerwalls,would love to use it as home storage in my garage,always got a eye out for my lipo batterys with a circuit breaker on each one,i wouldnt put one in my house or loft in case of fire as it would burn my house down very quickly,the lipos we use in the kids rc cars are stored in a fire proof bag and then put into a larger bag and then put in a metal vented box per best practice,,, and these are just 5 or 6 cells in a pack not a 1000 or more in a car battery pack. if our tech is that good then tesla will want it, but dgi can sell to anyone and byd already have plans in place for sodium so we could see who offers the best price maybe 1 or 2 yrs exclusivity for a better price ,then world domination... on the military side of things i would of thought batterys would offer a less of a target,as less noise,less viseable exhaust,less heat signaure for missiles , no potentual bomb with lipo cells damage,etc, and aviation then the skys is the limit,sorry had to get that joke in there. again reliability will be the key here with 16 parts to the motor giving huge redundency if a failure of 1 or 2 parts the engine will work at 87.5% efficency rather than shutting a entire engine down and potentially being forced to land asap as most only have 2 engines now,so you would be left with 1 engine or death if it fails. with the huge torque of this hub motor what about electric trains, im thinking london under ground would be a good p.r. event for dgi and london, (mayor khan must force it on everybody...)