Sweet - saltwater powered car
- Thread starter DyM
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. Got my hopes up for nothing. Just a flow battery.
Yea...just found an interesting read on jalopnik. Title is slightly NSFW since it has "BS" spelled out in bold letters lol
http://jalopnik.com/the-supercar-that-runs-using-saltwater-is-likely-bullsh-1637600538
http://jalopnik.com/the-supercar-that-runs-using-saltwater-is-likely-bullsh-1637600538
I actually really doubt that these companies claims are BS. A flow battery is a special type of battery that is by far the most efficient battery technology currently available. That article pokes fun at the fact that the idea that a car can be recharged with saltwater, which was never expressed by the original company in the first place. Saltwater is simply the storage medium. It would only make sense that using a flow battery would be capable of those kinds of distances due to its extremely high chemical efficiency.
Check the video...they kind of implied the whole saltwater thing 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqLpqR0SPnQ
"A car that captures the energy of an ocean" "Imagine a car that runs on the most essential of liquids...Saltwater"
The author of the article/comments may have been reaching...but not much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqLpqR0SPnQ
"A car that captures the energy of an ocean" "Imagine a car that runs on the most essential of liquids...Saltwater"
The author of the article/comments may have been reaching...but not much.