Tesla’s main competitor is envisioning a bright future for electric vehicles with batteries that feature a solid-state electrolyte, the next frontier in the battle for EV dominance.

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    14 days ago

    Some people may have doubts about these claims, but China leads the world in manufacturing. They’ve also blasted past all expectations when it comes to developing batteries, renewables and EVs. I wouldn’t bet against them.

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      14 days ago

      It’d be funny to wake up one day and suddenly Chinese emissions are dropping faster than any other country and everyone else is playing catch-up. Sometimes democracies can be very slow moving.

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        14 days ago

        You mean like producing so many electric cars that western countries start imposing tariffs? Or on solar panels?

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          Yeah that is particularly interesting as a development. Protectionism, geopolitics, and security concerns and such are getting in the way of what is theoretically a good thing for the planet. The good news is that they’ll still produce a tonne of them and hopefully flood Africa with electric vehicles. Probably sell them the electric infrastructure too, for leverage…

          It’s complicated man!

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            It sure is. Unfortunately, profits will always cone first when we have a capitalist system. Its a shame we can’t trust China to make the cheap EVs we need and not abuse their eventual market dominance.

            Or is the concern for the car companies, rather than geopolitical, and the lost jobs? Those same companies that refused to innovate and produce cheap EVs despite requests.

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    15 days ago

    Eh I’ve been hearing the solid stuff electrolyte nonsense since quite some time. I’m sure they’ll eventually figure it out. I just feel like putting timelines on such things is a little dumb.

    Regardless, while EVs r cool tech for commercial vehicles, personal vehicles within cities should be banned as soon as possible and replaced with public transit. THIS is how we save the planet.

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      15 days ago

      Yea even when I’m really into this I found I just don’t care anymore. It’s too far away and a lot is moving right now.

      I want news about past growth or next 6 months maybe a year. Everything else is a lifetime away and potentially horseshit in this industry.