Massachusetts battery startup Alsym Energy says its new water-based battery uses no lithium, cobalt, or nickel and costs half as much as conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Alsym Energy is a Massachusetts-based company working on next generation batteries. Recently, I got an email from a spokesperson for Alsym asking ifwould be interested in doing a story on the company, which has just emerged from stealth mode after several years toiling in obscurity. I looked over the information provided and thought it was lacking in details. I know my readers depend on me to report only aboutin battery technology, not spread hype, so I initially declined to pursue the story.
“Currently sourcing mainly from the U.S. with some suppliers in Europe and Japan, all of the materials used in the battery are inherently non-flammable and non-toxic making sourcing, manufacturing, application, and end of life processes safe and environmentally friendly. Thus, the battery is 1) a better solution for marine applications as fleets electrify and a better solution for two wheeler applications with poor heat dissipation.
Kripa Varanasi is a mechanical engineering professor at MIT who has spent the past five years working with Alsym. Because he was not focused on batteries in his past endeavors, he tellshe looked at battery technology with a fresh perspective. “We started exploring other chemistries. If you learn about batteries, you’re automatically going in the lithium direction. But we were looking at different metrics. It has to be abundant. It has to be low cost. It has to be easily recyclable.
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