Oh those pesky laws of physics. EVs will never make real enviormental or economic sense.
And just the other day, Musk revealed that he was going old school due to soaring costs for materials.
Soaring battery metal costs are leading to a renewed interest in ithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.
Manufacturers are looking to cut cobalt use as they are looking to cut costs and improve their ESG(environmentally sound governance=social justice and liberals) profile.
Best part about the EV nerds/supporters/junkies is, as long as the “pollution” isn’t coming directly from the tailpipe of their car, it doesn’t matter. If it’s coming from a coal fired/natural gas plant or nuke plant, miles down the road, who cares...I’m Green everybody. Mandate that they all have to charge their EVs using solar or wind and they won’t be able to give the damn things away.
And if one is the type that has the extra cash around to buy one as a novelty, awesome-good for you-you da man/woman, but if you have any integrity you should be 100% opposed to any government/TAXPAYER money going to sales incentives and using government money to build charging stations. You want an EV, you pay for an EV and you pay for the place to keep your battery charged. If BP, Exxon, Sunoco, etc etc etc, want an charging station, let them build it on their own. But, I don’t see how having a something handling that much electricity being near gas pumps and fumes, being a good thing.
Exactly right. There are limits to inorganic & physical chemistry.
That 7% to 8% improvement per year is as good as it gets. It will diminish to 4-5%, then to 2-3% then to 1% per year.
“Oh those pesky laws of physics. “
NG combined cycle generating stations producing electricity for EV’s most efficient use of fossil fuel.
But, but, oversized electric golf karts are teh fastar!
/Golf kart fanbois