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But does it also do EVDO rev a. ?
I just did those numbers in my head to show that even if you changed that numbea lot there would still be no way to make it practical. I first assumed a battery weight of 500 lbs and gave it a 1:1 ratio because I hadn't looked at the chemistry yet. Of course some of the battery weight is for packaging but I ignored that.
I think it would at least use 250 lbs because there is a 2:1 ratio of silver to zinc in the battery and smallest lithium ion battery pack that can run a very lightweight car would weigh around 500 lbs. This is a very rough estimate. The cost of the batteries would easily be six figure range for most cars comparable to today's sedans. They might make race cars that run on them but I can't see any other type of vehicle running on them.
There is almost no way these batteries will make it into cars. A car using these would require about $50,000 worth of silver as a bare minimum. Even if people were willing to pay a huge amount for the silver: #1 the price go even higher and #2 The total amount of silver on the earth would only be enough to produce about 11,000,000 cars or enough to replace approximately 1.8% of cars in the world or about how many cars are produced in the US annually.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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