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Interesting argument (from a waste perspective). If 99% of all trips are 10-20 miles isn't over-building battery capacity more wasteful than building out charg
by 1234letshaveatw 5y ago
Interesting argument (from a waste perspective). If 99% of all trips are 10-20 miles isn't over-building battery capacity more wasteful than building out charging stations with a much higher utilization? Cars would be more expensive, and, presumably heavier and do more damage to the roads. Charging infrastructure is relatively cheap compared to the millions of additional cells that would require mass quantities of non-renewable resources
- clouddrover 5y ago> Cars would be more expensive, and, presumably heavier and do more damage to the roads. Not with better batteries. Until there are better batteries, use swappable batteries. Or you could always go fuel cell. They do well for long range driving, even in the cold: https://electrek.co/2022/01/03/hyundai-nexo-sets-hydrogen-endurance-record-but-why/ https://electrek.co/2022/01/03/hyundai-nexo-sets-hydrogen-en...