Episode #339: Battery Technology with James Kaschmitter

Brothers of the Serpent

Society & Culture, History, Philosophy

4.8 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2024

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Summary

We are joined by an expert in cutting edge battery technology, James Kaschmitter, who gives a fascinating presentation on the state of modern energy storage technology and manufacturing.

James is the Founder/CEO and Senior Battery Specialist at SpectraPower, LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in the battery industry. Jim and his team developed some of the first Li-ion cells in the U.S. and invented the carbon aerogel supercapacitor.

https://www.spectrapowerllc.com/

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0:00.0	Battery Technology with James Cashmitter.
0:08.5	You are listening to Brothers of the Serpent podcast.
0:18.2	And welcome back.
0:19.7	Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, angels and demons and monsters and
0:22.2	serpents. This is Brothers of the Serpent podcast, and we are coming to you not live from the
0:26.6	10 by 10 by 10 tangent cube of science, where we are nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient
0:31.1	seabed high atop the Evers Plateau. We have a special episode for you today. We are joined by
0:36.7	James Cashmitter, who is the CEO of Spectra Power.
0:41.2	He is a battery expert.
0:42.9	And so we've been, we're going to get him on the show to explain to us the, like how batteries
0:49.5	work.
0:50.5	We're interested, we're all interested in this because of, you know, like how did people
0:53.8	start carrying around electricity with them, right?
0:58.1	Batteries are important for that.
0:59.1	And we all know, you know, about the Baghdad batteries.
1:01.7	But James is an expert in lithium ion battery technology.
1:05.2	Is that right, James?
1:07.1	Correct, yes.
1:08.1	All right.
1:08.5	Well, welcome to the show, man.
1:09.8	Thank you very much for coming on. Yeah. My pleasure. Thanks, Russ. All right. Well, welcome to the show, man. Thank you very much for coming on.
1:10.9	Thank you.
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