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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (129865)	2/6/2017 2:46:09 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218603

There's a lot of different battery contenders. The two main current weaknesses of lithium, thermal and puncture instability due to the flammable electrolyte along with the anode being half graphite are addressed by a solid nonflammable polymer electrolyte. This solid electrolyte also physically prevents the formation of lithium dendrites over time which can ultimately short out the battery. The solid polymer also eliminates the need for the graphite. Magnesium is safer in a gel electrolyte but of course weighs 4 times as much as lithium. But Toyota is spending a lot of money on magnesium batteries, so we'll see what part of various markets each take. I was interested to see enormous and heavy but very low cost "redox flow batteries" for utilities to store electricity to even out their loads. Two of the many types below.