<story><title>CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>walrus01</author><text>What battery pack that I can buy right now is 300Wh&amp;#x2F;kg?  Sincerely curious because that&amp;#x27;s 50Wh&amp;#x2F;kg above what people are using in some very expensive UAVs.</text></item><item><author>gibolt</author><text>Current &lt;i&gt;mass produced&lt;/i&gt; batteries, which tend to hover around 260-300 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg. Higher density (but still under 500) are available, but in far smaller quantities for a very high cost.&lt;p&gt;The exciting part of this announcement is that if anyone can scale manufacturing, it is them.</text></item><item><author>bagels</author><text>&amp;quot;CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg which it says will go into mass production this year&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is a lot more credible than most of the battery stories, because CATL is already producing a ton of batteries, lending them some credibility.&lt;p&gt;This is a little under 2x the density of current batteries.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ejiblabahaba</author><text>Based on Google&amp;#x27;s specs[0], the GMF5Z battery in the Pixel 7 pro is 18.96 Wh and 65 g, which is around 292 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;product-documentation&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;9682653?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;product-documentation&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;9682...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>walrus01</author><text>What battery pack that I can buy right now is 300Wh&amp;#x2F;kg?  Sincerely curious because that&amp;#x27;s 50Wh&amp;#x2F;kg above what people are using in some very expensive UAVs.</text></item><item><author>gibolt</author><text>Current &lt;i&gt;mass produced&lt;/i&gt; batteries, which tend to hover around 260-300 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg. Higher density (but still under 500) are available, but in far smaller quantities for a very high cost.&lt;p&gt;The exciting part of this announcement is that if anyone can scale manufacturing, it is them.</text></item><item><author>bagels</author><text>&amp;quot;CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg which it says will go into mass production this year&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is a lot more credible than most of the battery stories, because CATL is already producing a ton of batteries, lending them some credibility.&lt;p&gt;This is a little under 2x the density of current batteries.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rdez6173</author><text>Amprius has 400+Wh&amp;#x2F;kg that are commercially available. I&amp;#x27;m sure they ain&amp;#x27;t cheap, but the tech exists.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amprius.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amprius.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: well, I&amp;#x27;m a dummy and OP said mass-produced. Sorry.</text></comment>