That was kind of my intent. Sandy is an old school Ford guy who was seeped in the Deming quality movement back in the day. His team's analyzes cars (and other things) for competitors has caught the eye of anyone who is anyone in the biz and Wall St too. And his expertise goes into tons of arenas included aerospace. Check out the PAV report & his firms proposal to revitalize General Aviation. He just let it be known a while back they had serous backing & how it all went west.
He's a materials & manufacturing simplification guru. and for the longest time was not an EV fan. That has changed for an old salt, that got my attention.
However Bwana, your the only one to pick up on it.
Solid State Batteries are coming and could offer up to a 50% increase in range and charge times of 15 minutes (per the battery companies). The time frame? As soon as 2025, industry experts are claiming.
So do the math, and F-150 Lightning with a Solid State Battery could go from 230 / 300 mile range to 345 / 450 respectively with this 1.3x energy density improvement. That would be significant, if the energy density and range increases they are discussing in their presentations come to frution.
* GM has chosen SES as a Solid State Supplier.
* Ford is going with Solid-Power out of Colorado
* And VW with Quantumscape.
tipping Point Stuff.
https://solidpowerbattery.com/
BTW QuantumScape may also be dancing with Ford and BMW. (Maybe offer it as a premium product? Who knows)
Put this on 1.5x and watch J. Singh being interviewed by Sandy Munro. Due your due diligence on both. This interview is more significant than anyone will see...