back to article Battery bods Sakti3 hoover up $15m from power-hungry Dyson

Dyson has pumped $15m (£10m) into US solid-state battery start-up Sakti3 as part of its plans to invest £1.5bn into "future technologies". Last year Dyson said it wanted to branch into four new portfolios of technology over the next four years. James Dyson, founder and chief engineer, said: “Sakti3 has achieved leaps in …

  1. eJ2095

    Wonder then

    If the battery tech they come up with would make its way across to mobile phones...

    Ready for the pun "It would suck if it didnt"

  2. GrumpyWorld
    FAIL

    All those engineers and their vacuums still suck...

  3. Little Mouse

    How is a Dyson like your significant other?

    ...after 5 years it starts to whine a lot and refuses to suck.

    The only thing better batteries will do is ruin a perfectly good punchline.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: How is a Dyson like your significant other?

      ...after 5 years it starts to whine a lot and refuses to suck......

      I knew a girl like that once

  4. John Brown (no body) Silver badge

    Anyone know...

    ...what is new about these batteries and their technology? For a tech site we're a bit light on details on this story.

  5. Conundrum1885

    Re. Anyone know..

    Based on the title it looks like they are using titanates (TiOx) to store the lithium ions.

    The main problems with this approach are broadly similar to LiFePO4, ie the active materials have to be nanostructured however this is a *lot* easier with titanates than phosphates.

    It also appears that the electrolyte is a lot "nicer" to work with than regular Li-ion and may even be an ionic salt rather than a borofluorine derivative.

    The tricky part with this is to convince everyone that it is safe and not to repeat the same mistakes that A123 made ie trying to take on Li-ion EVs directly and rushing into production.

    Had A123 stayed with power drills they would probably still be trading today.

    #include "iamnotachemistbutknowafairbit.h"

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