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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-02-18 04:09 pm

[ SECRET POST #5888 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5888 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2023-02-18 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
My understanding is

- Lithium ion batteries have captured the market because they're the type of battery the largest amount of people understand. There are various different battery technologies (not just hydrogen fuel) that you can argue have been sidelined for investment in compatibility with lithoum ion batteries.

- However, many of those battery technologies, including hydrogen fuel, are not mature enough for the market. Lithium ion was mature and ready to go.

- At some point one clean technology has to be chosen over another, because having competing fuel infrastructure is super inefficient and will end badly for the consumer/ lead to more people staying with ICE cars in the long run because of fuel reliability (think of it like the issue of vhs vs betamax or blue ray vs high definition discs, but on a national infrastructure level where the players were communal pump stations).

- Lithium ion has its problems but is still better than ICE, and building the electric car national fuelling infrastructure will allow/incentivise the development/maturing of other cleaner electric batteries that are compatible with it.

- The electric car market is still maturing itself, so in the future we will likely see improved and cheaper mod technologies for existing cars to convert them to electric or at least hybrid/ PHEV, and also better technology for replacing LI batteries as they wear out.

Re: Elon, he didn't do shit to do shit to develop the tech. He just heavily invested in Tesla, and I'm not gonna he mad at him for investing in a clean car tech company that was mature enough for investment on his scale.