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[Richard230]

I'll let you be the judge if this one is going to get out of the lab and into the consumer market.  Me, I am not holding my breath until that happens:     https://news.umich.edu/battery-breakthrough-doubling-performance-with-lithium-metal-that-doesnt-catch-fire/

[WagonWillie]

I haven't seen this on the forum but it's another exciting new tech IF it does what they hope it will.  Ultra-capacitor hybrid radically boosts power and efficiency of lithium batteries  NAWA Ultra capacitor.

[Badness]

That's the stuff we are looking for.

[yhafting]

I'll let you be the judge if this one is going to get out of the lab and into the consumer market.  Me, I am not holding my breath until that happens:     https://news.umich.edu/battery-breakthrough-doubling-performance-with-lithium-metal-that-doesnt-catch-fire/

This is great news Richard!
But from the article it still seems they have some challenges in the charging speed, to be a good choice for motorbikes in general.
While the energy density is doubled, the charging speed they claim is 2-5 hours to fully charged, which really is 1/4 or less compared to liquid Li-Po technology with active cooling. However the higher energy density may compensate for half of that, but it seems further development will be needed to make a major breakthrough for electric motorcycling. But i guess the last word is not said about this  I'm looking forward to see and hear how efficient this process is. 

[heroto]

Just observing from the OP's link that US government funding was key to this progress. We've lost our way here a bit and I hope stories like this will get us back on track.