They explode. They cost too much. Integrating advanced batteries, such as lithium ion chemistries, into reliable, affordable battery systems has long been the Achilles’ Heel of electric vehicles. Rob will explain why this is so and some of the inventions he’s made to solve the problems of battery system cost, reliability, and performance.
More from BIL 2011
- "A Thousand Words" — Steve Payne
- "Cyborg: Space, Kybernetes, Ship, Man, State, Art, Craft" — Ross Bochnek
- "The Needle in the Haystack" — Paul Bohm
- 3D Computer Vision & the Kinect — Matt Bell
More on Transportation
- Automotive X Prize — Eric Boyd
- Autonomous Cars and the Coming Transportation Cloud — Rahul Sonand ▶ video
- Before the Robot Cars — Brad Templeton ▶ video
- Can we burn less gasses? YES WE CAN! — Chris Axton