How This Overlooked Battery Might Change Everything. Sponsor: Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code UNDECIDED at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/undecided Multiple research teams have recently made breakthroughs in transforming lithium sulfur batteries from stinky stone to capable battery cathode. Some claim they’ve cracked the code — creating prototypes that charge faster than you can finish this video, and others that last 25,000 cycles. That’s basically a forever battery. What changed? And could lithium sulfur actually overthrow lithium ion as the king of batteries?

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro

02:30 - The Not-So-Great Lithium-Sulfur History

03:38 - The Turning Point

05:59 - New Li-Sulfur Breakthroughs

07:02 - The Need for Speed

07:41 - A Graphite Cage Match

08:45 - The "Forever" Battery

09:54 - Remaining Drawbacks & Outlook