• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Explain to me how a car with a $20,000 battery can ever avoid a repair job of $20,000 once the battery dies?

    It is quite easy.

    A battery like that lasts longer than the car. It may not have done in the past, but it does do so today.

    And if it breaks before then, you only need to replace a single cell to fix it.

    Afterwards, you can just recycle and reuse those exotic metals used in its construction, so it doesn’t require more pollution to create.

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      1 year ago

      Much of that is wishful thinking. All batteries will die, and the repair cost will be insane. Not to mention it all applies to FCEVs and at a much lower cost and lower resource base.