{"id":10839,"date":"2015-06-25T12:25:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10839"},"modified":"2015-06-25T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:25:44","slug":"sci-tech-24m-develops-lower-cost-li-ion-battery-making-videos-elon-musk-talks-about-tesla-and-gigafactory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10839","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: 24M develops lower cost Li-Ion battery making + Videos: Elon Musk talks about Tesla and Gigafactory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT spinoff company\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/24-m.com\/\" target=\"_d\">24M<\/a>\u00a0has unveiled a new approach to lithium battery manufacturing that it says can reduce the cost by a factor of two. The standard li-ion construction process involves coating the active materials onto long strips of an inert tape material that adds bulk and weight to the battery but does not contributed directly to energy storage. The 24M process gets rid of the tape using a new approach developed by\u00a0Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, who has been involved in previous battery ventures including A123. The energy and power density of the battery is thus increased. The new manufacturing system\u00a0also eliminates a great many processing steps, so it reduces the manufacturing cost as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQi9eWUjV6c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company has been working in stealth mode for several years and this week made its public debut:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/24-m.com\/pressrelease\/\" target=\"_d\">24M Introduces The Semisolid Lithium-Ion Battery<em>: Company Emerges From Stealth With $50M In Private Capital And A Revolutionary New Technology That Will Slash Today\u2019S Lithium-Ion Battery Costs By 50%<\/em> &#8211; 24M<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Articles about 24M:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/433131\/the-story-of-the-invention-that-could-revolutionize-batteries-and-maybe-american-manufacturing-as-well\/\" target=\"_d\">The story of the invention that could revolutionize batteries\u2014and maybe American manufacturing as well &#8211; Quartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/06\/22\/battery-tesla-challenger\/\" target=\"_d\">Batteries: New lithium ion startup wants to take on Tesla &#8211; Fortune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla Motors<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gigafactory_1\" target=\"_blank\">Gigafactory<\/a> under construction in northern Nevada is also intended to lower costs but through sheer economies of scale more than by new manufacturing or battery technology advances. The Tesla batteries are intended both for the company&#8217;s cars and for energy storage systems for the home (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/powerwall\" target=\"_d\">Powerwall<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/presskit\" target=\"_d\">utilities and\u00a0industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Li-ion batteries <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10241\" target=\"_blank\">have progressed<\/a>\u00a0in a steady but rather slow incremental pace despite periodic claims of big breakthroughs. Nevertheless, I\u00a0expect Elon and others at Tesla must still have some concern that a new development like that of 24M or <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10148\" target=\"_blank\">Sakti<\/a> or whomever might make their giant battery factory\u00a0obsolete before it can pay off the investment in it.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of recent videos in which Elon Musk talks about Tesla and the Gigafactory:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nMcJxA3lto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q60FOIV6Ew8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MIT spinoff company\u00a024M\u00a0has unveiled a new approach to lithium battery manufacturing that it says can reduce the cost by a factor of two. The standard li-ion construction process involves coating the active materials onto long strips of an inert tape material that adds bulk and weight to the battery but does not contributed directly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: 24M develops lower cost Li-Ion battery making + Videos: Elon Musk talks about Tesla and Gigafactory<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2OP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10305,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10305","url_meta":{"origin":10839,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Aluminum battery from Stanford group is low cost, fast charging, and long-lasting","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A low cost battery developed at Stanford using\u00a0an aluminum anode and a graphite cathode displays very fast charging and long life:\u00a0Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative to conventional batteries: The new aluminum-ion battery could replace many of the lithium-ion and alkaline batteries in wide use today - Stanford Univ.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ZKIcYk7E9lU\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10148,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10148","url_meta":{"origin":10839,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Dyson invests in Sakti lithium battery company","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dyson of vacuum cleaner fame is making a significant investment in the small Michigan company\u00a0Sakti, which is developing a solid-state lithium battery that they say could eventually store usable\u00a0energy\u00a0at $100 per kWh vs $500 per kWh for current lithium-ion batteries. 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