Battery technology has come a long way. but eventually, things hit a point of diminishing returns. When a piece of technology is new and not well understood, discoveries are easy to come by and there are plenty of ways something can be made more efficient. However, as technology matures, researchers start having to put in twice the amount of work in return for a fraction of the progress. Lithium-based batteries, which are used in everything from cell phones to electric vehicles, have been around for a while. If they aren’t already at the point of diminishing returns, they may hit it very soon (via Green Tech Media).
If your EV needs more juice and you can’t make its batteries more efficient, there is a simple solution. You can simply add more battery cells — but this just leads to more issues. With car design, weight is a major consideration. Batteries are heavy, so adding more would bump up a car’s weight significantly. Moving that weight takes more energy, so a chunk of the added battery capacity will disappear immediately. Then there’s the effect on the car’s handling and components. Heavier objects are also harder to stop, so the brakes will need an upgrade, and there could still be somewhat of a safety issue. Luckily, there is a solution that works, and we could be seeing it on EVs very soon.
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