This Radical New Metal from Outer Space Could Transform Everything—from Electric Vehicles to Nuclear Submarines::Two high-profile labs are on the verge mass produce a metal only found in space—tetrantaenite. That could revolutionize how how we make everything—from phones to nuclear subs.
There are 5 or 6 of these battery technologies now. The media reports on the really great new power density or efficiency or whatever. Then in the last paragraph they toss in, “Right now, of course, they cost the equivalent of $60 per AA battery, but we’re sure that’s fine.”
We are left counting on these unlikely breakthroughs having a second breakthrough that brings the price down 2+ orders of magnitude.