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Old 02-22-2019, 02:56 PM   #60 (permalink)
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If it becomes cheaper to build an EV than an ICE car of the same size then the transition will be rapid and complete.

As of now, there's no such thing. The availability of batteries is the problem. Tesla can't build them fast enough, so it can't build power walls as it needs the batteries for its cars.

You'd think Tesla could scale up easy enough, the Gigafactory isn't even halfway built. But probably they prefer to see whether Maxwells dry electrodes can be of use to implement that on new lines rather than using the current process and having to rebuild them for Maxwells electrodes shortly after.
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