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This article's shadiness aside.. Battery tech just continues to amaze me. Right now the cheapest EVs are in the same price ballpark as mid-range gasoline cars,
by thehappypm 7y ago
This article's shadiness aside..
Battery tech just continues to amaze me. Right now the cheapest EVs are in the same price ballpark as mid-range gasoline cars, and range anxiety is fading fast.
I always thought that EVs would get "as good" as gas cars eventually but now I'm realizing that they may surpass them by a long shot. In the not-too-distant future an EV may cost way less, require far less maintenance, be cheaper (and greener!) per mile, be faster and safer, and have a longer usable lifespan, than a gas car. Amazing stuff.
- Gibbon1 7y agoWhat's interesting is look at the ratio of lithium to everything else that makes up a lion battery. There is in theory a lot of room for improvement. Then refigure current electric cars but with batteries with 50% more kwh/kg. The EV weight penalty disappears.
- pxtail 7y ago> In the not-too-distant future an EV may cost way less, require far less maintenance, be cheaper (and greener!) per mile, be faster and safer, and have a longer usable lifespan, than a gas car. While this sounds great I seriously doubt that this is going to happen as it is directly against interests of car manufacturers. As confirmation I like to bring Nissan Leaf example as it is on the market for a long time and is suffering from battery degradation - and guess what - despite fact that car is working fine battery replacement is not easily obtainable and not cheap, examples: https://www.autonews.com/sales/nissan-leaf-buyers-dealers-worry-about-replacing-worn-out-cells https://www.autonews.com/sales/nissan-leaf-buyers-dealers-wo... https://www.reddit.com/r/leaf/comments/9l0pjo/first_gen_leafs_replacement_battery_just_went/e737uoc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/leaf/comments/9l0pjo/first_gen_leaf...