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They usually are some cheap things released onto the market without serious security protection(who didn't see THAT coming ?). I'll never use them.
into building more of their old cell format, for obvious reason
I am guessing they'll have to switch S and X to the new format some day(guessing this will be in 2020 or so); will they have any other use for the old 18650?
it seems like you don't sound too confident about a 100,000 car company ramping up to 500,000-750,000 in less than two years
from 0 to 100000 is a lot harder. I think they did about 100000 last year, and currently they already are at a 250000/year(3000 M3 per week+100000 X+S) rate.
The company can crank out around 17 gigawatt-hours of lithium-ion cells annually, placing it just ahead of Korea's LG Chem, the Tesla and Panasonic partnership, and China's electric-vehicle giant BYD.
It seems to me the numbers/ranking could be off, the tesla gigafactory targets 35 Gwh annually, but I can't find current production numbers. https://electrek.co/2018/01/03...
And that won't make fuel at the pump that much cheaper, it has to be processed and transported, and pump stations will have far fewer customers, making operating a network of stations more expensive per customer.
> sunk costs and investments like cars will switch over when it makes economic sense
That will make sense circa 2022. look at how many car companies are investing heavily in EV's.
I think you need to take a look at the amount of sugar. nothing else. Try looking at the labels on, for example, soup. it has SUGAR in it. Who does that ????
Synthesizing hydrocarbons closes the carbon loop on burning those hydrocarbons, we won't be releasing more carbon into the environment from long separated off reservoirs deep in the earth. We can take the carbon from the air and water, make fuel from it, and when it's burned it goes into the air again for more fuel later. It's as carbon neutral as any electric car.
making hydrocarbons from electricity and then burning them in a car is horribly inefficient. (burning fuel only puts about 20% of its energy into kinetic energy, while transmitting into from electricity station to storing it in a battery and then converting it into kinetic energy has about 70-80% efficiency)
In the US, liberty is though of as something that government doesn't need to "give" to you. It exists as part of your natural condition.
liberty as a natural condition. huh. How about the limits to freedom ? My freedom ends where yours begins... My freedom to punch you ends where your liberty to be unharmed begins. This is where government comes in: to define and protect those borders.
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Internet of Crap. They usually are some cheap things released onto the market without serious security protection(who didn't see THAT coming ?). I'll never use them.
wouldn't they use the same 2170 formfactor, so they neednt redesign the pack?
into building more of their old cell format, for obvious reason
I am guessing they'll have to switch S and X to the new format some day(guessing this will be in 2020 or so); will they have any other use for the old 18650?
it seems like you don't sound too confident about a 100,000 car company ramping up to 500,000-750,000 in less than two years
from 0 to 100000 is a lot harder. I think they did about 100000 last year, and currently they already are at a 250000/year(3000 M3 per week+100000 X+S) rate.
A lot : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
The company can crank out around 17 gigawatt-hours of lithium-ion cells annually, placing it just ahead of Korea's LG Chem, the Tesla and Panasonic partnership, and China's electric-vehicle giant BYD.
It seems to me the numbers/ranking could be off, the tesla gigafactory targets 35 Gwh annually, but I can't find current production numbers. https://electrek.co/2018/01/03...
It may be true, but I expect it will take some 20 years before they come online
What are we going to do between now and then? Hint : it has long blades or a shiny surface.
After all, cheaper is better.
ROFL ! remember 'too cheap to meter' ? fusion will not in a thousand years be cheaper than solar (or wind).
>when oil gets too expensive ...
Solar and wind are already the cheapest, and are STILL falling in price. Nuclear, however
And that won't make fuel at the pump that much cheaper, it has to be processed and transported, and pump stations will have far fewer customers, making operating a network of stations more expensive per customer.
> sunk costs and investments like cars will switch over when it makes economic sense
That will make sense circa 2022. look at how many car companies are investing heavily in EV's.
I think you need to take a look at the amount of sugar. nothing else. Try looking at the labels on, for example, soup. it has SUGAR in it. Who does that ????
>the Model X as far as I can tell is being sold as a large luxury hatchback.
I don't think Tesla does any marketing.
these are researchers, not bankers.
>Those countries last year accused Qatar of supporting terrorism
That's rich coming from Saudi-Arabia
" have no children living with me", Yes, proved that with : "Kids aren't stupid, they just have to be trained right."
Synthesizing hydrocarbons closes the carbon loop on burning those hydrocarbons, we won't be releasing more carbon into the environment from long separated off reservoirs deep in the earth. We can take the carbon from the air and water, make fuel from it, and when it's burned it goes into the air again for more fuel later. It's as carbon neutral as any electric car.
making hydrocarbons from electricity and then burning them in a car is horribly inefficient. (burning fuel only puts about 20% of its energy into kinetic energy, while transmitting into from electricity station to storing it in a battery and then converting it into kinetic energy has about 70-80% efficiency)
In the US, liberty is though of as something that government doesn't need to "give" to you. It exists as part of your natural condition.
liberty as a natural condition. huh. How about the limits to freedom ? My freedom ends where yours begins ... My freedom to punch you ends where your liberty to be unharmed begins. This is where government comes in: to define and protect those borders.
efficiency ? methinks cost per Kwh is a more valuable measure.
disagree. wind and solar power are now cheap enough to take away investment dollars from coal and oil into wind and solar. floodgates are opening.
I wondered about that myself, but I could not find 'empty weight'. but even when it only weighs 1000t, it would still take 10000 drones.
the first stage weights 3,065,000 kg. with drones able to carry 100Kgs, that would take 30650 drones. hmm, that's not really realistic ...
maybe with drones ?
>You compress it, you will lose quality.
Um, NO. lossless compression is possible.
> those people are appointed
appointed by whom ?
exactly how extreme are we talking about ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...