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For me the current deal breaker for battery is that it often dies without warning. I mean, with gas you look at the transparent tank and you can easily be sure
by kuon 2y ago
For me the current deal breaker for battery is that it often dies without warning. I mean, with gas you look at the transparent tank and you can easily be sure that you have enough to cut a tree. With battery, it is much harder, you might have "two LEDs" on and think you can do that cut but then it dies mid cut, which, depending on the context can be dangerous. You end up swapping battery every two minutes.
- b112 2y agoAs with anything battery, refuel tme is also an issue. A tiny gas tank, 1 gallon, can refuel a chainsaw dozens of times. In seconds. Carrying 100s of batteries isn't viable, nor is the economic cost of them. We are getting there. Probably within a decade, we'll have a 2x or 4x power density leap in people's hands, and the equations will change. To me though, charge time is what will make a bigger difference. If we could reduce charge time by 10x, that's huge. Everything would change. And that will happen.