1000 Km Range, 30% Cheaper: B’luru Firm Overhauls Charging Tech for Electric Cars!

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Better than Lithium Ion batteries, this innovation runs on water, air, aluminum and graphene.
As per data compiled by Bloomberg, a little over 8,000 EVs were sold locally in the past six years, while India currently imports almost all of its lithium ion batteries that predominantly power these vehicles.
Addressing all these concerns, a Bengaluru-based nanotechnology company specialising in Graphene called Log 9 Materials have developed their own brand of aluminium fuel cells (AFCs) that offer five times the range than an average lithium ion battery can offer, costs 30 per cent cheaper, is easier to use and doesn’t require the hassle of constantly recharging it.
“The key difference between say a lithium ion battery and AFC is that the former is a storage device which requires regular charging while the latter is a pure power generation device.
Moreover, AFCs offer a range of above 1,000 Km unlike their lithium ion counterparts which have a maximum range of 250 Km. Our objective is to extend that range to beyond 2,000 Km,” says Akshay Singhal, the Founder of Log 9 Materials, in a conversation with The Better India.
Looking at applications of graphene, they explored how it could be used to enhance the performance of lithium ion and lead acid batteries in electric vehicles by the end of 2017.
Moreover, they also realised that India is heavily dependent on Chinese imports when it comes to acquiring lithium ion or lead acid batteries.
Instead, those at Log 9 thought why not utilise what’s available back home, which offers more user friendly features like refueling, short refueling time and longer range and that’s when they hit upon AFCs, which had its own share of challenges.
Aside from offering five times the range, minimal electricity consumption, the materials they use in this battery are very simple–aluminum, water (electrolyte), graphene (which comes from graphite).
But globally, this isn’t the first attempt at using metal-air batteries like AFC in electric vehicles

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