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.
Competitive in what sense? The race for government subsidies and crony regulations?
Thanks, that's interesting about Rivian. The Daimler-Benz hydrogen powered SUV (alt vehicles need to be larger, typically, to hold the storage with sufficient capacity to give the vehicle any kind of range) was tested in Europe, where apparently there is some modest infrastructure for hydrogen vehicle fueling.
Smart post. Battery technology doesn’t follow Moores Law, but it has it’s own trajectory, otherwise our phones would have to be stuffed with fresh D cells every day. And the cost of converting sunlight directly into electrons continues to fall, so we don’t have to wait millions of years for it to be in a form we can use.
Hydrogen, yes. Also compressed air and hydraulic hybrids - two technologies with great potential.
They're pretty.