EV Battery, But Electricity Not Needed for Charging? Surprising? AI-Air Battery Going to Give Promise! AI, means not Artificial Intelligence, it is Aluminium-Air Combo! Phinergy and Israel Start-up Made this! But Surprisingly, this technology is trusted & partnered by Indian State Run Indian Oil Corporation!! Kudos to IOC’s Bold Decision and First Mover Advantage in the World!! Read this Interesting Perspective!!

Dear Friends and Students

Times of India published an interesting article with the title- “An electric vehicle battery that doesn’t need electricity for charging”. Initially, I was hesitant to read as we have seen many such attempts in the past and all got failed. Then one of the statements made me go deeper: “Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Israeli clean energy start-up Phinergy that are working on commercializing Aluminium-Air(AI-Air) batteries for EVs in India”.

This battery uses Aluminium alloy as an anode, water as electrolyte and, Air as a cathode. Air from atmosphere connects to Air cathode, Oxygen separated from Air, connects with water, and generate (OH)- ions. At the anode, iconic oxygen reacts with the Aluminium positive ions. It leads to the formation of Aluminium Trioxide: AI(OH)3. In the process, electrons are released which is your electricity!!

Then I started searching, about start-up which is manufacturing? You can visit the Phinergy website (phinergy.com/). They are working on a mission: Metal-Air technology enables to store, transport, and discharge clean energy! They are a promising aluminum-air system with a lifespan of thousands of working hours!!

I checked their NEWS section of the website!! Surprisingly, it is mentioned as “17/2/20 Phinergy raises $30m from Indian Oil Corporation”!! What an amazing strategy by Govt. Run IOC!! Indian Oil partners with Israel’s Phinergy to manufacture metal-air batteries. It was tested on Maruthi Suzuki, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & Mahindra 3 Wheelers!!

It got the highest energy density (energy stored for a given mass/volume) with 8kwh per kg as compared to 1-1.5kwh per kg in Lithium batteries. Currently, the best lithium battery offers 100-150 KM per charge, whereas this technology offers 4 times with ½ density of lithium. Aluminum Hydroxide solution can be recycled and get your Aluminium back!! India is having abundant AI!! The only catch in this technology is low power density. During starting the vehicle, you still need a reduced size Li-battery to start the vehicle.

Beyond technology, I am happy the Govt. company invested in the promising start-up! The entire news section of Israel start-up is all with Indian Oil partnership!! Great step IOC!! We are going places and tapping the global technology!!

We are rising!!

Your Well-wisher

Ravi Saripalle

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