{"675902":{"#nid":"675902","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Gone Too Far","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe answer starts with electric vehicles, and the research and manufacturing infrastructure that makes them possible. Matthew T. McDowell, a co-director of the Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center, told me that steady improvements in lithium-ion-battery materials and performance, combined with rapid growth in production capacity and falling costs, have made them viable for use in more devices. About 50 gigawatt-hours\u2019 worth of lithium-ion-energy capacity was sold in 2014; by 2022, that figure had swelled to more than 700. Prices fell from about $700 per kWh in 2014 to $140 last year. Power tools offer one example of how those advances have been playing out. A decade ago, rechargeable power drills and even small chainsaws worked well enough. Now almost any tool, including lawn mowers and leaf blowers, can be used effectively via lithium-ion power. The same benefits of scale and innovation apply to smaller gadgets too, such as kitchen scales and headlamps.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2024-08-12 14:34:34","changed_gmt":"2024-08-12 14:34:34","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Atlantic ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/07\/too-many-lithium-ion-batteries\/679302\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"188853","name":"go-seiinthenews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}