Popular Mechanics - USA (2022-01 & 2022-02)

Solid- state lithium batteries can last 25 years and ch a r ge a n electric vehicle in minutes. IS HERE BY CAROLINE DELBERT Janu ...

THE DRY ROOM AT SOLID POWER’S Louisville, Colorado, facility is abrasively bright, and yet the low, encompass- ing hum of the fa ...

age,” he explains. And compared with other alkalis, such as potassium or sodium, lithium has the smallest ion size—and third-low ...

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plentiful, conducts well, and is easy to work with. However, lithium metal’s capacity is 10 times that of graphite. “Lithium met ...

the brittle nature of ceramics—which leads to dendrite-friendly cracks—poses additional manufacturing difficulties that companie ...

This new technology could mean recharging a car in the same time required to fill a gas tank. Olympics, where Toyota, working wi ...

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January/February 2022 49 Britain delivered more than 6,700 de Havilland DH.98 Mosquitos during WWII, but when Denholm’s team beg ...

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January/February 2022 51 GETTY IMAGES (TOP); COURTESY WARREN DENHOLM (RIGHT) from piano makers to cabinet build- ers put the pla ...

52 January/February 2022 COURTESY WARREN DENHOLM a Mosquito revival had never been closer. When an American client took delivery ...

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54 anuary/February 2022J strong, light three-layer “shell” that could absorb enemy fire without breaking apart. The Mosquito’s f ...

January/February 2022 55 COURTESY WARREN DENHOLM (LEFT); GAVIN CONROY (RIGHT) The bottom of the wing has large hatches for acces ...

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