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    1 year ago

    Thing is that even though this is indeed the main focus, as a byproduct of that research we literally have dozens of alternative battery chemistries available with different features.

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      1 year ago

      Indeed, but they need to be also be made available for people to buy and that usually still involves a lot of further product development. Right now it seems more common to just re-purpose automotive lithium-ion batteries for stationary storage, which might be better than lead-acid batteries, but really isn’t ideal either.

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        1 year ago

        still involves a lot of further product development

        That’s what hackerspaces and fablabs are for!

        Disclaimer: I am a member of a fablab that explores open hardware automation and solar techs :-) We have talked about producing batteries but have too many items on the todo list for now