With the West’s Maoists having shut down every coal fired...every gas fired...every oil fired...and every nuclear powered power plant where are we gonna get the juice to recharge 200 million huge batteries...at least once a day...in addition to the juice we need today to charge 500,000?
Over the next five years, Panasonic is planning to increase energy density by 20%, while also having cobalt-free batteries available in the next two to three years, according to Reuters.
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I don’t think Tesla will wait 5 years. Tesla will make their own improved batteries sooner. We’ll know more on battery day, which is 09/22/20.
if Tesla actually goes non-cobalt....that’s a game changer. cost will plummet and range will skyrocket.
as much as i hate to admit it, I’m a believer in Tesla for now. yah, i’ve dug in deeply to the numbers, and I understand them. but some of their successes are undeniable, and if this problem is solvable, then they will solve it. and if they do, then it’s game over.
at the same time, hydrogen is getting a big push from Rivian. we live in interesting and very competitive times.
“Over the next five years, Panasonic is planning to increase energy density by 20%,”
John DeLorean planned to have the greatest sports car, too!
Pontiac planned to have 1,000,000 Aztec sales...
New Coke was planned to replace Classic Coke.
Don Meredith: “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas.”
I have a Mid Engine 2020 Corvette Hardtop Convertible on order. Hopefully I’ll get it by Thanksgiving, unless Thanksgiving is outlawed by then.
GM is already working on a Hybrid version that will be all wheel drive with two Electric Motors powering the front wheels. Should be out by 2023.
They already planned the space for the Battery Packs in the new Platform running down the center tunnel.
Rumor has it that they will have an all Electric version coming out a few years after that. The future is here.