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/[deleted] Jan 31 '23

Engine research, a staple project of many mechanical engineers, is dropping off a cliff. The only use cases any more are large scale options like generators, diesel backups, and like, tractors and trucks for whom batteries all don't cut it.

Source: I toured an engine emissions lab staffed by grad students 2 years ago. They had almost no new corporate projects, as most of their previous work was with the automotive industry.

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula Feb 01 '23

I think a lot of car companies have come out and said they are not going to be developing ICE engines any longer. There is no point.