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It is time to standardize EV batteries like wheels: 5-10 mainstream types & competition on quality vs. price vs. range. Regulator help is needed here.
by soleveloper 2mo ago
It is time to standardize EV batteries like wheels: 5-10 mainstream types & competition on quality vs. price vs. range.
Regulator help is needed here.
- scotty79 2mo agoLargest Chinese companies will define the standards.
- superxpro12 2mo agoRegulations... in THIS economy and administration????
- soleveloper 2mo agoWell, the EU regulated USB-C and it affected the whole smartphones world.
- nubinetwork 2mo agoNobody liked micro B anyways... and then there's Apple with their lightning port...
- ajb 2mo agoHistorically, vehicles actually did have completely interchangable motive components. They were called horses. It would have been difficult given the state of other technology at the time for the inventors of the internal combustion engine to have supplied it as a drop-in horse replacement for your carriage, but you could kind of imagine that working with current technology.
- akramachamarei 2mo ago> Regulator help is needed here. I don't like the impulse to regulate, especially as a formative measure. Regulating new technology before industry has time to experiment seems like a recipe for high prices, few choices, and low competition.