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Is the battery industry really going to become a zero-sum game between China and one guy? Shame on western economies for not paying attention to this stuff unti
by JustAnotherPat 9y ago
Is the battery industry really going to become a zero-sum game between China and one guy? Shame on western economies for not paying attention to this stuff until the tech becomes dirt cheap (at which point, China is always already dominating).
- mtgx 9y agoAlmost the same story with solar panels.
- baybal2 9y agoAnd REEs, and commercial genomics, and commodity SoCs, and greentech, and mass produced CFRPs and so many other things China systematically seals all upcoming greenfield opportunities for tech companies and industry in West. A very smart play
- epistasis 9y agoThere are plenty of non-Musk factories being built in the West, they just don't get the mainstream press : https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/10-battery-gigafactories-are-now-in-progress-and-musk-may-add-4-more https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/10-battery-giga...