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18 minutes ago, Pogust said:

Conversation with people who really know the facts around EVs and Hydrogen vehicles. Possibilities and limits. Take the time to listen.

 

 

Would you please provide a summary? 

 

 

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1 minute ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Sorry but I would need a synopsis, I am not watching 1 hour 40 minutes.

Synopsis is a much better choice of words...

 

 

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Dreams contra reality. Calculations how much material would be needed to fulfil those electric dreams. And how much material there is available. Anything those 4 persons say is worth listening to.

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Interesting to hear about Tesla and why their profits were down. "Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids"

 

"“The EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plug in hybrids instead,”

 

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/23/tesla-profits-drop-55-company-says-ev-sales-under-pressure-from-hybrids/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKMkJvVQllV6pq8pqUPzWu5Ael96S7EEum-pfjem38gCqcCZIh5CEOrgKLsDJL8OE2dbMt7tqQvmIKcFt9ytEoEUJh40illH_z0dTp4pXs97gLTl7ns3zG03xtNKjUqk2OWBob3eELrBgD5Tl4Hm5TqTW_jJd-T26GPlUaEFJsRE

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3 minutes ago, dhupverg said:

Interesting to hear about Tesla and why their profits were down. "Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids"

 

"“The EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plug in hybrids instead,”

 

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/23/tesla-profits-drop-55-company-says-ev-sales-under-pressure-from-hybrids/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKMkJvVQllV6pq8pqUPzWu5Ael96S7EEum-pfjem38gCqcCZIh5CEOrgKLsDJL8OE2dbMt7tqQvmIKcFt9ytEoEUJh40illH_z0dTp4pXs97gLTl7ns3zG03xtNKjUqk2OWBob3eELrBgD5Tl4Hm5TqTW_jJd-T26GPlUaEFJsRE

Hybrids, best of both words, don't get stranded, you know it makes sense.......😋

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Posted
18 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

More promising battery development news - "zero-degradation" grid storage batteries. 

 

CATL Claims New Grid Battery Will Experience No Degradation In First Five Years

 

OK, this is not being implemented in EV batteries just yet but if the principle behind it has been worked out, I dare say it will make its way into EV batteries eventually.

How many have they sold, and how much are they? 

Posted
9 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

How many have they sold, and how much are they? 

According to the article, CATL only just announced availability on April 9th so my take would be a) not very many and b) not disclosed.

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They really say anything now to disparage EVs ... too funny

 

 

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Maybe this would make them happy, and give Tesla & EVs a good review ... :cheesy:

 

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Another day, more petrol price increases, more saving owning an EV  :coffee1:

Knocking on ฿40 a liter 😲

 

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:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

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Posted
2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Another day, more petrol price increases, more saving owning an EV  :coffee1:

Knocking on ฿40 a liter 😲

 

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:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

 

:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

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Posted
7 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

The EV fanatics and Groans all bang on that Hydrogen is expensive and difficult to store and all that , but The big Oil companies and other energy companies including Nuclear, wind and solar are pouring Billions into solving the Hydrogen engineering ,production and storage issue in conjuntion with the vehicle manufactures and designers ,, along side compatible synthetic fuels the ICE engine will not die .... Its the massive elephant in the room ,, and the EV, fanatics, Groans, Politicians and vested interest know it and hate it ,,, but they are wrong ha ha

 

The HYSE ICE hydrogen engine developed by Yamaha/Toyota  is going into full production and has been licensed by others in The consortium  including Honda, Stellantis,Kawasaki, Suzuki, Komatsu, Kubota Isuzu,Ford  and Mazda ,2,4 & V8 variants  for car M/c, bus etc .

 

JCB already has its equivalent engine in production  and others are in development or licensing negotiations  with other heavy vehicle makers  , and some of the big EV companies are also in on it

 

Caterpiller are  working on their version too

 

so the end of EVs is coming

Sounds fantastic, do you have a link so I can break out the lube too ?

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Posted
34 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

 

 

Yea...the explosion clearly shows it coming from the rear-end of the car...the trunk area of the car.  And when I saw that I immediately thought that's a CNG cylinder exploding; not an EV which has its traction battery on the middle bottom portion of a car.   Plus, an exploding EV traction battery would include plenty of flames...sustained flames...but no flames in this video...not even a brief amount of flames.

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Posted
1 hour ago, JetsetBkk said:

 

I haven’t watched the video but I’m wondering why you would link it in this topic. Are you not aware that LFP batteries don’t contain cobalt?

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40 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said:

Thanks for your polite response. 

No, I was not aware that LFP batteries contain no cobalt. 

That'll teach me not to follow this thread more closely. 

 

 

Did you mean to follow it more closely or not to follow it more closely?

 

It is very true that lithium ion/ternary batteries do contain cobalt though. They are generally termed NMC batteries, nickel, manganese, cobalt. Many responsible EV makers are moving to LFP which is supposedly also safer with less risk of thermal runaway.

 

However, when it comes to sourcing cobalt for EV batteries, I believe most of it is extracted via LSM (large scale mining) as opposed to ASM (artisanal small scale mining). If you’re interested, this is a good read.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/rethinking-artisanal-cobalt-mining-in-the-drc/48260638#:~:text=Cobalt extraction can be artisanal,such as Switzerland-based Glencore.

 

Factual with no over dramatisation like many videos.

 

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Posted
23 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

Factual with no over dramatisation like many videos.

 

Along with all the fake, false info, memes, vids out there.

Fine example:  the FAKE

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The REALITY ...

 

 "December 8, 2018

Many people have reacted to the photo of a young boy bing used as a laborer on a construction site which they claim depicts how poverty in the country drives child labour"

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Posted
14 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

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That's a favorite, used back as far as 2015, pick a cause, 'blood diamond' ... etc etc etc

 

(source)

 

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Posted
8 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

Did you mean to follow it more closely or not to follow it more closely?

Sorry, I meant I should follow it more closely. I am actually thinking of buying a BYD Seal but the battery problems, if they exist, are making me consider something more like my avatar. 

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On 7/25/2023 at 8:21 PM, vinny41 said:

Remove all the petrochemical by products from EV's and what are you left with no glass, no dashboard, no seats, no carpets, no tyres. no rims, no steering wheel, no plastics, no rubber, no seat frames, no mirrors, no paint

...and do the same from ICEs? Must be something else then?

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