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Toshiba developed a lithium battery that does not use cobalt and can charge 80% in 5 minutes. - Ev-riders (ev-riders.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Isn't titanium expensive? I would guess they'd try something like silicon or graphite that is way much abundant

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Metallic titanium is just really difficult to work with, apparently. It doesn't like being machined, requires very large presses to be cold or hot formed, and eats drill bits for breakfast. Basically stainless on steroids.

But titanium itself is one the most abundant minerals on earth.

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