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<\/a>Dr. Ann Marie Sastry with laboratory-scale equipment<\/p><\/div>\n
Sakti announced this week that its new battery can store over 1,100 Watt hours per liter (Wh\/l) in volumetric energy density, about two to four times that for conventional cells.\u00a0 Scientific American<\/em> reports<\/a> 1,143 Wh\/l.\u00a0 According to Sakti\u2019s release, \u201cThis translates to more than double the usage time in a wearable device like a smartwatch, from 3.5 hours to more than 9 hours. It also translates to almost double the range in an EV like the Tesla Model S, from 265 miles to 480 miles.\u201d<\/p>\n Besides the performance improvement, Sakti claims to be able to produce the new, solid-state battery that would rely on a \u201cfull scale plant layout to avoid any high cost materials, equipment or processes.\u201d\u00a0 Professor Wei Lu from the University of Michigan<\/a> is a battery expert knowledgeable about the process \u2013 and also having no financial or other interest in Sakti3. \u201cIt\u2019s not either\/or in cost and performance in batteries anymore \u2013 Sakti3 has both. They built a really high performance device on a really low cost platform \u2013 like building millions of high end processors in a factory that produces ordinary plastic wrap. It was quite a scientific feat.\u201d<\/p>\n He vouches for the accuracy of the Sakti numbers.\u00a0 \u201cThey have a very rigorous testing facility.\u00a0 Their results are highly impressive and very accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n