HypxUS can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds
US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds
https://www.eenews.net/articles/us-cant-meet-ev-copper-demand-study-finds/
werefreeatlastUse Aluminum! There’s nothing about copper that at this point aluminum couldn’t really do.
Tell me you don’t know physics without telling me…
Give me an example where you think you got the upper hand on aluminum knowledge. LOL. Yeah it’s harder to work with. But it’s lighter and metallurgy has very little to do with the reasons why it’s not used. I’ll wait here while you go scrambling through Google’s shitty results.
I don’t have to, its electrical and thermal properties are trash compared to copper. There’s a reason copper is used EVERYWHERE it matters by electrical engineers. I trust them :)
…stackexchange.com/…/reason-not-to-use-aluminium-…
But you also should know that motors are controlled with high frequency voltages. That sort of RF actually travels down the material’s skin rather than through the core. This Aluminum, being lighter, can also be made to have a larger surface area. You would get a kick if you knew what I do for work and fun.
I also almost forgot about our good friend Carbon.
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/…/full
Yeah it’s properties are also shit.
All-Carbon Conductors for Electronic and Electrical Wiring Applications
Electrical conductors based on carbons have recently attracted a growing interest due to the prospect of replacing metals. Electrical conductors without metals could represent not only an alternative for traditional wiring, but also a step forward in the progress and advancing of technology. This result can be achieved by combining high electrical conductivity with other properties, that are dexterity, light weight, environmental stability, high strength and flexibility. As the best mechanical properties, high electrical/thermal conductivity of the assembled fibers are all generally associated with low concentration of defects in the fiber backbone and in the individual carbon “building blocks”, a special attention is paid to an empirical relationship between morphology/structure/composition and the electrical properties. In this review, starting from the beginning, from the late 19th century, when the carbon filaments became the lights for urban streets, some of the recent developments in the field of “all-carbon” electrical conductors are discussed. Such conductors can be obtained by assembling nanoscale carbons (i.e., carbon nanotubes, graphene) into macroscopic fibers, yarns and ropes (hereafter fibers). In this perspective, the role played by the chemistry in particular by means of the molecular-level control and doping, is emphasized. This contribution elucidates most recent results in the field, and envisages new potential applications.