> They're in production today, and will probably be forever.
I suspect their days are numbered, because they have become _far_ more expensive to dispose of, and that's only going one direction.
> But for high power density, low cost, and and high current applications where you don't have to worry about carrying them or tipping them over, you're going to be stuck with lead in a bucket of acid for a while I suspect.
You'd think, but they _haven't_ seen a lot of use in, say, grid-scale applications.
> I suspect their days are numbered, because they have become _far_ more expensive to dispose of, and that's only going one direction.
They're insanely easy to recycle. You melt lead, you recast it into new plates. Sulphuric acid is very easy to make, and we need to make a lot of it as part of the process of making fertilisers.
> You'd think, but they _haven't_ seen a lot of use in, say, grid-scale applications.
Every telephone exchange you have ever dialled through is powered by massive lead-acid battery, with cells about the size of a decent microwave oven.
> You'd think, but they _haven't_ seen a lot of use in, say, grid-scale applications
Their power density is integer multiples worse than Li-Ion no matter what you look at. Not to mention numerous other problems. So it's not surprising at all.
> Their power density is integer multiples worse than Li-Ion no matter what you look at. Not to mention numerous other problems. So it's not surprising at all.
Yes, but you can use them in areas where you can't use Li-Ion.
I suspect their days are numbered, because they have become _far_ more expensive to dispose of, and that's only going one direction.
> But for high power density, low cost, and and high current applications where you don't have to worry about carrying them or tipping them over, you're going to be stuck with lead in a bucket of acid for a while I suspect.
You'd think, but they _haven't_ seen a lot of use in, say, grid-scale applications.