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1,000-Mile Aluminum Air Battery Consumes Aluminum as Fuel; Dreamy Battery Tech is Only Feasible in Dreams (Video)

Phinergy Aluminum Air Battery

Is a 1,000-mile electric vehicle battery even possible? Well, Phinergy, an Israeli startup, claims it certainly is, but we have serious doubts.

Here’s a look at the claims presented by Phinergy:

Aluminum-air battery
Capable of powering an electric vehicle for up to 1,000 miles
Energy density that begins to rival gasoline and diesel
Production volumes starting in 2017
Signed contract with global automaker
Phinergy’s prototype Al-air battery has been tested and proven to work

Okay, all sounds well, but aluminum-air technology is doubtful for several reasons. First, carbon dioxide released within the battery corrodes aluminum. Perhaps, Phinergy found a way to prevent corrosion.

Second, the battery must be refilled with water once every 200 or so miles. This is not only inconvenient, but could pose a threat of danger if the water levels run too low or the person filling the battery adds the wrong fluid (maybe gasoline by mistake).

Finally, and this is a hurdle that seems impossible to get over, aluminum-air batteries actually consumer the aluminum plates in use. This means that the plates must be replaced. Phinergy says “recharged,” but that’s the startup’s way of skirting around describing what actually must be done. After 1,000 miles, the spent aluminum plates must be removed and replace with new plates. That’s inconvenient, expensive, probably dangerous and so impractical that we say aluminum-air technology is still only a pipe dream, nothing more.