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For cars, price and density are very important, and Tesla will certainly improve in those specs too. But for energy storage, longer durability directly translat
by _ph_ 6y ago
For cars, price and density are very important, and Tesla will certainly improve in those specs too. But for energy storage, longer durability directly translates into an effectively lower price. As power companies often invest in the scales of several decades - a power plant often can be run for 5 decades - the costs are calculated over those time spans.
- AtlasBarfed 6y agoReuters is predicting an $80/KWhr pack cost announcement. Probably the cobalt-free ones that don't have great density, but still, for the 200 mile range car that's doable.