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by _hypx 3y ago
https://archive.ph/fHdzW
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by _hypx 3y ago
They also expected some percentage of pilots to die during development. That is no longer acceptable.
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by _hypx 3y ago
The car makers are not "democratic." It is mostly a handful of out-of-touch executives forcing everyone to go their way. A lot of is driven by the PR fallout of dieselgate too. The line workers and engineers are not on-board. Also
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by _hypx 3y ago
And you're just a brainwashed BEV fanatic. Time to give up on Chinese Communist propaganda. The whole thing is a giant scam and it is destined to fail.
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by _hypx 3y ago
China is imposing a government mandate on its car industry. It is a top-down solution that is reminiscence of the Soviet Union. If you actually looked closely, you'll that there is a mountain of question businesses tried to extract sub
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by _hypx 3y ago
BEVs are a dead end technology because they are far more expensive than the cars they are replacing. There is no way this market is going to survive once the subsidies and government support ends. People with brains are finally realizing th
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by _hypx 3y ago
You are just being brainwashed by BEV propaganda. Not only do people with a brain still believe in hydrogen for cars, that includes the majority of automotive engineers. BEVs are the weird, government mandated BS cars that few people want.
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by _hypx 3y ago
> Nickel-hydrogen batteries can run for tens of thousands of cycles, giving them a life of over 30 years. Their use of expensive platinum catalysts kept them relegated to space applications until five years ago, when Stanford materials s
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by _hypx 3y ago
People aren't going to put up with the grid taking power away from your car. If we fear battery life today, this will amplify that problem significantly.
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by _hypx 3y ago
That's a delusional viewpoint. "Doing nothing" is absolutely on the table. In fact, it is the most likely outcome for a very long time to come. Pretty soon, you will hear about geoengineering solutions. Whether you like it or
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by _hypx 3y ago
The moment we can make an alternative zero emissions car for less, it will probably be the end of the BEV. Cost per mile is wildly exaggerated as an argument since all vehicles will eventually face road taxes.
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by _hypx 3y ago
That is a pure coincidence.
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by _hypx 3y ago
The moment something else is a cheaper idea than the BEV, none of this matters.
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by _hypx 3y ago
Very poor visibility on how long a refurbished battery pack would last.
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by _hypx 3y ago
It's part where 270 million people charge their EVs every day and the load on the grid that is the problem. Also, ripping up tens of millions of park spacings and install all of these charging stations is not easy either. It is certain
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by _hypx 3y ago
An ICE replacement is usually just a few thousand dollars. And that's the worse case scenario. Well maintained ICE cars can last for decades. A mandatory, $10-20k battery replacement for every BEV at some point in its lifetime is a big
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by _hypx 3y ago
The average US car is actually an SUV or pick-up truck. But the average BEV is closer to being a Corolla competitor. A like-to-like comparison will still find a $15-20k gap in price.
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by _hypx 3y ago
Politicians in Europe are making the poor and working class bear the weight of solving climate change. This is likely to self-destruct as a policy.
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by _hypx 3y ago
Other people in this thread have said that.
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by _hypx 3y ago
A dead battery cell is unfixable. At best, you have a few dead cells and a mechanic can replace them. But if replacement cells can't be found, or too many cells have died, then it is a full battery pack replacement. This is going to be
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by _hypx 3y ago
Which proves there was no tipping point! Diesel are losing sales despite being dominant at one point. BEVs will probably go down the same route. Some newer idea will drive BEVs out of the market just like it did with diesel cars.
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by _hypx 3y ago
Diesel exceeded 50% of the market and still did not hit the "tipping point." This is a purely imaginary concept with no basis in fact.
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by _hypx 3y ago
BEVs mirror the obsession with diesel cars in Europe in more than one way. It was just a partial solution with many of its own downsides. In diesel's case, the problems drove the abandonment of diesel, even though it made up more than
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Cruise Robotaxis Cause Austin Street Gridlock Due to ‘Heavy’ Pedestrian Traffic(thedrive.com)
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by _hypx 3y ago
That's Michael Liebriech, notorious anti-hydrogen advocate. He's completely wrong and not an expert on the subject at all.
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by _hypx 3y ago
This is true of all existing metal-air batteries BTW. You need to open them up and physically replace the metal.
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by _hypx 3y ago
I'm sure your personal situation is magically ideal for BEVs. But that is an anecdote and not the general solution. Hydrogen is a lot cheaper to move around than electricity. Regardless of where you are now, it is more logical to build
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by _hypx 3y ago
The problem is turning aluminum oxide back into aluminum. Right now, that involves CO₂ emissions.
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by _hypx 3y ago
Yes, in fact the early adopters are just normal people.
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by _hypx 3y ago
In the long-run, this will be very small. They do not have huge resource requirements of batteries. Though at the moment, these things have zero scale so repair costs are exaggerated.

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