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The fuel cell is the problem.
Right now it takes about a troy ounce to build a car fuel cell. Yeah bostitch says they are working on a 7gm of Pt fuel cell but I wouldn't hedge bets on it.
Pt, Pd are constrained resources. There isn't enough for everyone who wants a car to have an ounce of Pt.
Long term forecast in the mining industry says in 10 years current usage for catalytic converters and oil refinery wont be kept up with then by 20 years there will be shortages.
Add a demand of tons more for fuel cells and no.
The reason why they want to attempt to build a 7gm of Pt fuel cell is because that's about how much is in a larger catalytic converter then it could just be a roughly 1:1 swap, not a 4:1 swap.
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