Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy LLC; Anton Wahlman, SeekingAlpha.com;
Gary Vasilash, AD&P; John McElroy, Autoline.tv
Bob Galyen was a former executive for CATL, a huge Chinese battery maker. He also holds patents for filling lead acid batteries and an active battery network.
Anton Whalman is a notorious, Tesla, SHORT advocate.
Bob Galyen sounds interesting but I really have no interest in Whalman.
Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy LLC; Anton Wahlman, SeekingAlpha.com;
Gary Vasilash, AD&P; John McElroy, Autoline.tv
Bob Galyen was a former executive for CATL, a huge Chinese battery maker. He also holds patents for filling lead acid batteries and an active battery network.
Anton Whalman is a notorious, Tesla, SHORT advocate.
UPDATE:
3-5 years expected cost equity with ICE vehicles - Bob G.
$/kWh is 'rubber' due to a lot of externals including currency rates - Bob G.
energy density is the key to range - Bob G.
LiFePO{4} compared to NMC - Bob G.
historical 68-72% packing density now over 90% - Bob G.
cylindrical, prismatic, pouch are design philosophy - Bob G.
Five golden rules chart:
Safety (Anton W. loves to send flaming Tesla images)
Performance (packing density)
Life
Cost
Environment
Only one known battery electrocution, guy plugged in fuse block and touched terminals ... in China - Bob G.
Performance to merge in traffic and energy to get to hospital with wife in labor - Bob G.
Scale of battery manufacturing and effects on efficiency:
automation is > 99%, human hands don't touch ordinary cells - Bob G.
quality requires human inspection, a much smaller sampling - Bob G.
Centralize or multiple plants? - Anton W.
China requires fire egress every 60 m, the USA allows longer distances. - Bob G.
Too big, humans can not evacuate fast enough. - Bob G.
Physical separation between buildings. - Bob G.
Single site vs distributed across country:
One site delivery of raw materials to multiple buildings. - Bob G.
Minimize explosion as well as fire risks by a complex of buildings. - Bob G.
Localization plan: 45% comes local city; 65% from provence; 95% from country, and; 5% imported. - Bob G.
Advantages of Gigawatt sized plants versus distributed plants? - Anton W.
GM had 7 battery plants in N. America to support local plants. - Bob G.
Centralization is important to allocate efficient engineering support teams. - Bob G.
Colocate the module/pack assembly with the vehicle manufacture but decentralize the cells. - Bob G.
Module specs: light enough for human to carry, ~50 lbs, yet not electrocute himself, ~60 VDC. - Bob G.
Dr. Data Quiz @32:00 ... (I won't spoil it, watch the video.) - Gary V.
How did American wind up at CATL. Ran into Dr. Robin Zong(sp?) of ATL and had dinner. Next day took a cell apart in front of 20 engineers. Robin asked him to come to China ... 7 1/2 years. The government supported CATL 100%, not with money but policy. Premier Lee(sp?) said, "Bob, we lose 1.7 million people per year due to respiratory failure. We don't want to lose any more. ..." - Bob G.
Worked with Paul MacCready of human powered flight fame, on the predecessor to the EV1. On the 30 mph loop, drove 183 mi in 6 hours, lead-acid batteries. - Bob G.
Built a truck, 11 years old, 27 plates per cell. The density of the current controlled the life. - Bob G.
2011 year Volt, no detected battery degradation with 20-50 miles range. - Anton W.
Depth of discharge is key to battery life. - Bob G.
People take better care of the EVs than Toyota expected with 1.6x plug-in. - Bob G.
Bolt had ~65% operational, SOC range (Anton W.) But it still had the gasoline engine backup (Bob G.)
Discussion of four electric airplanes and practical use for regional flying. - Bob G.
Also discussed electric ships. - Bob G.
China electric construction equipment needed for Himalayan tunnel. Petroleum fueled vehicles are a hazard. - Bob G.
(NaatBatt.org, a for fee, $1,000/yr, professional society. - Bob W.) - Bob G.
What about the long time it takes to go from idea to actual battery? - Anton W.
It took 42 years from the bench top to production batteries. (58:17 in video) - Bob G.
Solid-state batteries, are still in the early phase, decades to go. - Bob G
There are 24 SAE committees writing papers/standards. - Bob G.
Battery recycling in China has enough volume for recycling. The USA does not have enough volume. - Bob G.
In China the early EV busses are the feedstock for recycling. - Bob G.
Multiple layers of management in the battery pack and vehicle ... it is a system beyond just parts. - Bob G.
China had a social problem of people dying from pollution. We really need public policy. - Bob G.
The "NaatBatt.org" team is key to a successful policy. - Bob G.
What unique EV feature sells them? Gary V.
Service. - Bob G.
Much lower cost of ownership in the USA. - Bob G.
Torque, railroads are getting back into the game after "Green Goats" ... then six different reasons for fires. - Bob G.
It is subsidizes, incentives that drive EV sales. - Anton W.
TIGRESS, hydronium chemistry, H{3}O+ for sanitation without injury to skin. - Bob G.
Please understand this is a first pass, a draft of what I saw in the video. I liked it but you may want to speed it up in YouTube playback.
