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The use case here seems to be for city cars. If you only rarely need to go more than 20-40 miles in a day, the aluminum batter will last a very long time (as it
by mattlutze 12y ago
The use case here seems to be for city cars. If you only rarely need to go more than 20-40 miles in a day, the aluminum batter will last a very long time (as it'll almost never be used).
Agreed, for commuters this wouldn't be a good answer to the "range anxiety" question.
I'd definitely be curious in general to see what the total environmental impact of 1,000 miles of range produced with a gas motor is compared to the 1,000 miles of range with this battery. As in, from mining to fuel exhaustion.