Toshiba developed a lithium battery that does not use cobalt and can charge 80% in 5 minutes. Toshiba announced that it had developed a lithium-ion battery that does not contain cobalt.
It’s expensive for metal parts because it’s a pita to fabricate.
In batteries, it’ll be a miniscule amount used and instead of a chunk of titanium, a chemical mix that includes titanium.
Otherwise, titanium, like aluminium, are rather common (like the 8 or 9th most common element on earth).
EDIT: reading the details, it’s not just titanium, it’s niobium-titanium oxide.
And niobium isn’t quite as common as titanium (it’s less common than lithium and cobalt) and is in high demand for quite a few industrial applications.
So dunno if this is actually an improvement other than that niobium being mined in Brazil and Canada instead of the hell conditions in central Africa.
It’s expensive for metal parts because it’s a pita to fabricate.
In batteries, it’ll be a miniscule amount used and instead of a chunk of titanium, a chemical mix that includes titanium.
Otherwise, titanium, like aluminium, are rather common (like the 8 or 9th most common element on earth).
EDIT: reading the details, it’s not just titanium, it’s niobium-titanium oxide.
And niobium isn’t quite as common as titanium (it’s less common than lithium and cobalt) and is in high demand for quite a few industrial applications.
So dunno if this is actually an improvement other than that niobium being mined in Brazil and Canada instead of the hell conditions in central Africa.