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People significantly overestimate how expensive shipping by sea costs. Much less valuable goods than batteries get shipped across the entire Pacific Ocean. Thin
by CydeWeys 3y ago
People significantly overestimate how expensive shipping by sea costs. Much less valuable goods than batteries get shipped across the entire Pacific Ocean. Think of all those cheap junk toys from China, for example. If those can be shipped profitably, then batteries for $30k+ cars absolutely can be!
- imtringued 3y agoCheap junk toys don't take much space. Try something actually bulky like lumber.
- EliRivers 3y agoSure, but lumber is cheap. Hundred of dollars per cubic metre; literally 1% or less the value of the same volume of quality electronics or high-processed goods. That is the point here; high value density goods are so cheap to ship that making your EV battery plant near your car assembly plant is a false economy if you can save just a few tens of dollars on parts and labour on the other side of the planet.