Wrong. It is Aluminum !
Context :
Indian
Oil-Phinergy JV partners Maruti Suzuki and Ashok Leyland for aluminium-air
battery pilot / 17 Mar 2021
Extract :
Ø IOC Phinergy
plans to manufacture aluminum-air
systems in India and recycle used aluminium. The JV aims to enhance domestic
energy supply based on domestically available aluminium.
Ø The company is expected to reach commercial
production stage for the car energy system by 2024.
Ø It is reliably learnt that the two Indian
automakers to sign the letters of intent with IOC Phinergy are passenger vehicle market leader Maruti Suzuki India and
commercial vehicle major Ashok
Leyland. As is known, in January 2018, Ashok
Leyland inked a tie-up with Phinergy to explore the potential of using Al-Air
batteries for commercial vehicles.
Ø Phinergy’s
aluminium-air
technology enables storage, transport and discharge of clean energy
around the world. The aluminium-air systems produce energy by combining
aluminium, oxygen, and water. Oxygen is a key reactant releasing energy from
metal. Unlike conventional batteries that carry oxygen within a heavy
electrode, metal-air energy systems freely breathe oxygen from
ambient air, making the systems significantly lighter. The metal-air
batteries are said to match the performance of traditional fuel, can be
refilled in just 5
minutes, require light-infrastructure, are weather-proof and most
importantly lower the cost of EVs.
Ø It may
be recollected that in January 2021, Autocar Professional had broken the news that the
IOCL and Phinergy have been testing
the al-air batteries in Mahindra
Treo electric three-wheeler.
Ø
Phinergy’s
air-electrode technology has enabled it to master the metal-air
reaction process and develop an aluminium-air system with a lifespan of
thousands of working hours, relieving the main constraints of electric
transportation and clean distributed generation.
ALSO :
Extract :
Ø Israel’s Phinergy performs some tests with
their aluminium-air battery on the Mahindra Treo electric auto. This was done with Indian Oil (IOCL), one of India's leading oil
company who has invested in Phinergy
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Dear Shri Nitin Gadkariji,
Ø Over the past 3 YEARS, through my following E-Mails, I
have been advocating to re-focus
( from Lithium-ion to Alu-Air batteries ), whose advantages I listed in my last
e-mail as follows:
# Eliminating dependence on
imported Lithium ( near world monopoly of Lithium by China )
# No need for Cobalt
# No liquid electrolyte ( no
chance of catching fire )
# Abundance
of Aluminum in India ( also much cheaper than Lithium )
# Automatic / continuous,
extraction of Oxygen from atmospheric Air ( by car-mounted battery
itself )
# Being “Primary / Non
Rechargeable “ batteries , there is no need for road-side charging
( therefore no need for EV charging stations ) . An immediate
saving ( in investment ) of Rs 195 lakh*crore
# No
“Range Anxiety“( one of the reasons EV are not selling like hotcakes in
absence of charging stations )
# Quite likely, Al-Air Battery cost can be
brought down to $
20 / Kwh ( as compared to current $ 100 / Kwh for
Lithium-ion Batteries ). This will enable EVs to sell for Rs 5 lakh ( below ave price of Rs
7.7 lakh for
India made ICE cars ) . In turn, this will eliminate the need to “ incentivize “ the car-manufacturers
, or “ subsidize “ EV buyers . End
of FAME II ?
# No need to import Oil worth BILLIONS of
DOLLARS ( for refining into Petrol / Diesel ) . No
need to face public agitation for daily rise of Petrol / diesel prices !
# If Alu-Air Batteries can be
suitably modified for ENERGY STORAGE ( like TESLA’s POWERWALL )
, may be these can power ELECTRIC
STOVES (
Cookers ) for use in kitchens , reducing
indoor pollution
# Last , but not the least,
India will be able to earn BILLIONS of DOLLARS of foreign exchange, by exporting ,
not only these revolutionary batteries, but India-Made Electric Cars,
all over the world . No country will be able to compete with us in COST /
SELLING PRICE
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com /
18 March 2021
MY EARLIER
E-MAILS :
EV juice from Alu-Air Battery ? ………………….[
16 Jan 2018 ]
Ashok
Leyland is not waiting ! …………………..[ 17 Jan 2018 ]
Ashok
Leyland : On the double ………………….[ 01 Apr 2018 ]
25,000
New Petrol Pumps ? Why ? ……………[ 18 June 2018 ]
A
Battery Breakthrough ? ………………………….[ 25 Feb 2021 ]
Copy To :
Ø Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
/ min.png@nic.in
Ø Shri Tarun Kapoor / sec.png@nic.in
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