There's an interesting new development in the world of batteries. Turns out single-crystal electrode batteries are particularly durable, which was confirmed after tests lasting six years:
They found it lasted more than 20,000 cycles before it hit the 80 per cent capacity cut-off. That translates to driving a whopping eight million kilometres.
This lab has ties with Tesla, so we can expect to see such batteries in their offerings eventually. My bet is stationary storage will be their first application as any capacity thrown at it will be charged/discharged on a daily basis if its levelized cost in low enough.
https://www.dal.ca/news/media/media-releases/2024/12/18/medi...
Money quote:
They found it lasted more than 20,000 cycles before it hit the 80 per cent capacity cut-off. That translates to driving a whopping eight million kilometres.
This lab has ties with Tesla, so we can expect to see such batteries in their offerings eventually. My bet is stationary storage will be their first application as any capacity thrown at it will be charged/discharged on a daily basis if its levelized cost in low enough.