Creating a better power supply has become for many of today's devices, the condition, which will greatly enhance the usability. For electric vehicles: corporations are willing to spend billions of dollars to increase the cruising range at the old dimensions and weights for at least a few tens of percent. Batteries should be cheaper , more durable and charge faster. Implementation of these sometimes conflicting conditions greatly complicates the work of engineers trying to solve all complex problems.
Swiss watch maker Swatch in the last year announced the start of work on a new generation of batteries, which would significantly increase the battery life of portable electronic devices, and incidentally would find application in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles on.
As reported in Reuters material, investors worrying lack of any positive news about this initiative Swatch.
Swatch has promised to make a "revolution" in the market of rechargeable power sources, using vanadium pentoxide for the creation of a new cathode and electrolyte composition. Meanwhile, independent experts have explained to Reuters, that the vanadium pentoxide though is cheap and common component can be only a experimental material, which does not guarantee a breakthrough in this area. By 2020, the Swatch expects to receive annual turnover of at least $ 10-15 billion. From the sale of a new battery type . In May, an agreement was signed with the Chinese automaker Geely, the enterprises which could be issued a new generation of rechargeable cells, but further declarations it is not moved.