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A comment on Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles. Parent comment

Re:Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles by Mountain_Skies on Thursday February 23, 2023 @02:33PM (#34915268)
Very long cars are going to make a comeback. Parking lots will never be the same again! Wonder how well the batteries tolerate deformation and if they could be molded into crumble zones.
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Re:Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles by lm28469 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:01PM (#34915683)
> Very long cars are going to make a comeback.

Not in Europe, a lot of US cars already wouldn't fit in EU parking spots (most are 5mx2.3m)

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Re:Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles by Mountain_Skies on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:38PM (#34916156)
Parking spaces in US cities can get smaller the closer you get to the central business district. Eventually they're marked as 'Compact' so hopefully only those in compact cars will attempt to use them. If Lithium-Air batteries enabled widespread adoption of EVs over ICE vehicles, but at the cost of requiring longer vehicles, would enlarging parking spaces be an acceptable cost?
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Re:Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles by pmontra on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:26PM (#34916000)
They might park over the lines of outdoor parking slots but they won't fit into single car garages.
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Re:Argonne: Lithium-Air battery 1200 wh/kg, 1000 cycles by sebnukem2 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:53PM (#34916311)
People driving oversized cars from US in EU have no qualms about taking 2 parking spots.
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