Imagine pulling up to a charging station, plugging in your electric vehicle and driving off with a near-full battery in less time than it takes to grab a coffee. 

Sounds too good to be true, right? 

Well, Nyobolt might just be turning this scenario into reality.

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The prototype that’s turning heads

Nyobolt, a U.K.-based battery technology company, has recently unveiled a working prototype of an electric vehicle that can charge from 10% to 80% in just under five minutes. That’s not a typo, folks. We’re talking about adding 120 miles of range in about the time it takes to read this article.

To put this in perspective, Nyobolt’s prototype is charging twice as fast as the speediest EVs currently on the market. It’s like the Usain Bolt of the EV world, leaving other “fast-charging” vehicles in the dust.

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The secret sauce: Nyobolt’s battery tech

So, what’s the magic behind this lightning-fast charging? Nyobolt has developed a unique battery with patented carbon and metal oxide anode materials. Coupled with low impedance cell design, integrated power electronics and software control. Nyobolt can create power-dense battery and charging systems. This results in ultra-fast charging without the typical degradation issues. 

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EV prototype battery (Nyobolt)

But speed isn’t the only trick up Nyobolt’s sleeve. These batteries can reportedly handle over 4,000 charge cycles while retaining more than 80% of their original capacity. That’s like running a marathon every day for years and still being able to sprint to the finish line.

EV prototype charging (Nyobolt)

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A different approach to EV design

Nyobolt isn’t just focusing on the battery. They’ve partnered with design and engineering firm Callum to create a lightweight sports car prototype to demonstrate the technology. Instead of cramming in a massive battery for long range, Nyobolt opted for a smaller 35 kWh pack. The result? A nimble 2,756-pound vehicle that can still cover 155 miles on a single charge. It’s proof that sometimes less really is more. If Nyobolt’s technology lives up to its promises, we could be looking at a major shift in how we think about electric vehicles.

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The end of EV range anxiety?

With ultra-fast charging, the need for massive battery packs could become a thing of the past. Imagine lightweight, efficient EVs that can be charged in minutes rather than hours. This could make electric vehicles a viable option for a whole new segment of consumers.

How the EV technology could expand beyond cars

Nyobolt’s technology isn’t just limited to passenger vehicles. The company is already in talks with eight vehicle manufacturers and is looking at applications in robotics and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. This could revolutionize industries where downtime is costly.

Man charging EV prototype (Nyobolt)

Kurt’s key takeaways

While it’s important to remember that this is still a prototype, Nyobolt’s technology is incredibly promising. If they can successfully scale up production and integrate their batteries into mainstream vehicles, it could address two of the biggest hurdles in EV adoption: charging time and battery longevity.

Of course, there are still questions to be answered. How will this technology perform in real-world conditions? What will be the cost implications? And can our current charging infrastructure handle such high-power charging? Nevertheless, Nyobolt’s achievement is a testament to the rapid pace of innovation in the EV space.

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Meta’s AI assistant incorrectly said that the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump didn’t happen, an error a company executive is now attributing to the technology powering its chatbot and others.

In a company blog post published on Tuesday, Joel Kaplan, Meta’s global head of policy, calls its AI’s responses to questions about the shooting “unfortunate.” He says Meta AI was first programmed to not respond to questions about the attempted assassination but the company removed that restriction after people started noticing. He also acknowledges that “in a small number of cases, Meta AI continued to provide incorrect answers, including sometimes asserting that the event didn’t happen – which we are quickly working to address.”

“These types of responses are referred to as hallucinations, which is an industry-wide issue we see across all generative AI systems, and is an ongoing challenge for how AI handles real-time events going forward,” continues Kaplan, who runs Meta’s lobbying efforts. “Like all generative AI systems, models can return inaccurate or inappropriate outputs, and we’ll continue to address these issues and improve these features as they evolve and more people share their feedback.”

It’s not just Meta that is caught up here: Google on Tuesday also had to refute claims that its Search autocomplete feature was censoring results about the assassination attempt. “Here we go again, another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “GO AFTER META AND GOOGLE.”

Since ChatGPT burst on the scene, the tech industry has been grappling with how to limit generative AI’s propensity for falsehoods. Some players, like Meta, have attempted to ground their chatbots with quality data and real-time search results as a way to compensate for hallucinations. But as this particular example shows, it’s still hard to overcome what large language models are inherently designed to do: make stuff up.

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