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Old 05-26-2017, 07:22 PM   #13 (permalink)
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How about fiberglass or carbon fiber. I'm going to email Nick at basalt.guru — over the phone all he had was "That's a good question". The composite matrix will be the same as fiberglass or carbon fiber, but the fiber itself practically falls out of the rock.

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Range is up to 80km on just 5.7kWh pack - three 1.9kWh units that can be swapped out in a few minutes.
Oh really, I'll be darned. The Tesla has a 100kWh pack and the Leaf has 60kWh.

Those lunchbox sized batteries as so cute.
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