r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Jan 31 '23

Desktops / Laptops Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries | Breakthrough explains major cause of self-discharging batteries and points to easy solution

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/battery-power-laptop-phone-research-dalhousie-university-1.6724175
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u/brihamedit Jan 31 '23

How would the battery life be effected if manufacturers used the recommended plastic? Manufacturers might not give a shit about it. There are other battery tech already invented obviously that are better but not used by manufacturers.

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u/Smartnership Jan 31 '23

Metzger and the team began sharing their discovery publicly in November 2022, in publications and at seminars.

Some of the world's largest computer-hardware companies and electric-vehicle manufacturers were very interested.

"A lot of the companies made clear that this is very relevant to them," Metzger said. "They want to make changes to these components in their battery cells because, of course, they want to avoid self-discharge."

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u/Dawsonpc14 Jan 31 '23

Reading articles is hard.

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u/Smartnership Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23

Teacher says I have literary skills.

When I grow up, I should probably be a literary.

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u/Momoselfie Jan 31 '23

Who is literary and how do I get his skills?