Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
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Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#24x drop in battery prices, (or) 5x increase in density in only 8 years. Pretty damn good for batteries that "aren't following Moore's Law", something most battery-related articles are quick to remind us. Hopefully, this continues for at least another decade, which should make EVs more than competitive with ICE cars.
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#3Between this and the projected increase in PV solar efficiency, drop in cost and toxicity of manufacture... I don't think I've felt this kind of cautious optimism for a renewable energy infrastructure before.
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#4Between this and the projected increase in PV solar efficiency, drop in cost and toxicity of manufacture... I don't think I've felt this kind of cautious optimism for a renewable energy infrastructure before.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#5Between this and the projected increase in PV solar efficiency, drop in cost and toxicity of manufacture... I don't think I've felt this kind of cautious optimism for a renewable energy infrastructure before.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
Can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
Can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not
Zero sarcasm. We've (worldwide government policy) worked against renewables and storage through limited subsidies compared to legacy fuels.
That's not to denigrate the efforts of Tesla and solar/wind developers/technology companies; they just haven't received the support they should've compared to the impetus of climate change.
EDIT: Innovation is saving us from ourselves! Yay?
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#7Between this and the projected increase in PV solar efficiency, drop in cost and toxicity of manufacture... I don't think I've felt this kind of cautious optimism for a renewable energy infrastructure before.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
> Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
Which is an argument made by those on the free-market side of the political spectrum—that technology will help us solve this problem more quickly and efficiently than central planning and energy austerity. As someone who favors free markets, I have gone out of my way to be an early adopter of electric cars (2008 for me) and home solar (2015 for me) because I want the free market to solve these issues. To be clear, I recognize that incentives such as tax breaks have facilitated this. I obviously take advantage of these programs, but I would be on board with electric cars and home solar even without the tax breaks.
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
> Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement. Which is an argument made by those on the free-market side of the political spectrum—that technology will help us solve this problem more quickly and efficiently than central planning and energy austerity. As someone who favors free markets, I have gone out of my way to be an early…
As a free market proponent, I assume you support including the externalities of pollution from fossil fuels into their costs? Which would've made the cost of electric cars and renewables cheaper much sooner?
Re: Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla cited as leading
#9Between this and the projected increase in PV solar efficiency, drop in cost and toxicity of manufacture... I don't think I've felt this kind of cautious optimism for a renewable energy infrastructure before.
Its almost like we're going to fix the climate change issue, slowly (ramping up quickly)....by sheer luck of technological advancement.
It is, and the feeling I get considering that as a real possibility makes me a little giddy.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not
Zero sarcasm. We've (worldwide government policy) worked against renewables and storage through limited subsidies compared to legacy fuels. That's not to denigrate the efforts of Tesla and solar/wind developers/technology companies; they just haven't received the support they should've compared to the impetus of climate change. EDIT: Innovation is saving us from ourselves! Yay?
OR just don't subsidize fossil fuels and let them compete.