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He needed something easy to get in and out of,
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I can't find the clip but [300lb] Jack Rikard demonstrated the difference between his Tesla and the Smart EV. Once he got his head in under the door header, he couldn't reach the door armrest to pull it closed. OTOH the Smart EV had a door 2/3rds the length of the car and you could just fall in.
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My expectation is for battery technology to incrementally improve, and raw materials supply chains to grow to meet demand.
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It's still early days:
Tetrataenite
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https://coe.northeastern.edu › news › accelerating-the-production-of-tetratenite-as-alternative-to-rare-earth-magnets
Accelerating the Production of Tetratenite as Alternative to Rare-Earth ...
7 Oct 2022The problem is that tetrataenite isn't found in nature—at least, not on Earth. It's only found in meteorites, says Laura Lewis, a university distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern, who is part of a team that is attempting to make tetrataenite in a lab in an effort to uncover scalable solutions to the rare earths shortage.
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