Battery technology evolution

 A few days ago, there was an interesting announcement from Amprius. 
They have announced that from independent test results their battery technology can achieve a capacity of 500 Wh/Kg.

Read more from their website.

Now, let's put that into context. 

Tesla (Panasonic) capacity  244-269 Wh/Kg

BMW (Samsung SDI) capacity 174 Wh/Kg

So Amprius silicon anode batteries have twice the capacity of Tesla batteries which are a quite common solution for EV conversions.

This means that the range could be extended from 310 to 547 miles (or from 499 to 880 Km) for production EVs.
Obviously the usual classic EV conversions has a shorter range, but still this would mean extending the range and lowering the weight and volumes required for batteries.

Furthermore on EV converted vehicle is quite easy and common practice to swap out battery modules.

Let's see.

Amprius technology is already in production. This is another interesting point about their tech. We need to just wait a little for their business to scale up.

Reading on about this company, I understand that they are and have serviced the aerospace and avionics industry, so I wonder if that is a good place to keep an eye on for salvaging and recycling batteries?

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A quick update about UCA the little Fiat 500 F EV. 
I am working on the heating system and a dedicated dashboard to control the few gadgets in the car.
Hope to be able to post something here soon. Anyhow if you are curious, head to my Instagram.