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Putting a metric ton of (what is essentially) rechargeable AA batteries into a car-shaped form factor is like strapping a jetpack to a horse. This is not the wa
by otabdeveloper4 4y ago
Putting a metric ton of (what is essentially) rechargeable AA batteries into a car-shaped form factor is like strapping a jetpack to a horse. This is not the way of the future.
The future will probably involve lots of electric transportation, but it won't look like this. (But judging by the electric transportation that people are actually buying right now, it will be much more personal and portable.)
- Tagbert 4y agoThe batteries in EVs are nothing like AA batteries or even the lithium batteries in phones and laptops. The EV batteries are built more robustly with sophisticated charging systems and prevent them from overcharging to 100% or discharging to 0% (most indicated charge min and max are actually less to preserve battery health). They have active heating/cooling systems to keep the battlers within sustainable ranges. They are constructed of modules so if there are cell failures only that module needs to be replaced not the whole battery pack. Battery warranties are around 8-10 years and, while some have failed in the last 10 years or so, it is clear by now that most will last much longer than that.
- otabdeveloper4 4y agoThat's not the point. Nobody is casting doubt on the battery controller technology.