Is it too soon to talk about Graphite Aluminum-Ion batteries?
Posted By RichC on March 8, 2025
This is strictly a future hopeful and something I’ve read Tesla engineers are working on (Graphite Aluminum-Ion Batteries), but I can’t help but get excited about another new battery technology … yes again (see my 2005 post and unfortunately fallout and A123 bankruptcy in 2012). If it is truly going to be in the next Tesla vehicles and can solve the battery degradation, cold weather performance, fast charging 
problems … all for a lower cost than current lithium-ion batteries, then it is worth the added wait time … and they might even be better than the holy grail — Solid State Batteries.
Years ago (just spotted the link from 2006), I enjoyed visiting and test driving an early electric car — and the NmG was not ready for primetime (photo right). Now that many EV vehicles ARE ready and even exceeding what we’re familiar with in ICE vehicles, the real hurdles are:
- Charging infrastructure,
- Tme to recharge,
- Cold weather performance,
- Lower prices,
- and the unknown resale value / battery longevity.
EDIT add: Thought these were and interesting automotive statistics.
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