Be one of the first 500 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realengineering/ New vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=h Facebook: http://facebook.com/realengineering1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanus Discord: https://discord.gg/s8BhkmN Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/latest-bull-case-for-electric-cars-the-cheapest-batteries-ever [2]https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/tesla-new-vehicle-limited-warranty-en-us.pdf [3]https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/ [4] https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/bu_808b_what_causes_li_ion_to_die [5] https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/what_is_the_c_rate [6] https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-does-lithium-ion-battery-work [7] Study of SEI. How it happens. http://www.upsbatterycenter.com/blog/new-research-real-time-view-battery-process/ [8] intercalation reference https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Book%3A_Inorganic_Chemistry_(Wikibook)/Chapter_08%3A_Ionic_and_Covalent_Solids_-_Structures/8.4%3A_Layered_structures_and_intercalation_reactions [9] Dry battery explaination http://www.powersourcesconference.com/Power%20Sources%202018%20Digest/docs/3-1.pdf [10] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41524-018-0064-0 best SEI resoruce [11] https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1210/1210.3672.pdf [12]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090023862.pdf [13] http://www.maxwell.com/images/documents/3V_Flyer_3001369_EN_1.pdf [14] https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/09/100-kwh-tesla-battery-cells-this-year-100-kwh-tesla-battery-packs-in-2020/ Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ken Coltan, Andrew McCorkell, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Devin Rathbun, Thomas Barth, Paulo Toyosi Toda Nishimura