▲ 795 ▼ Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds (thedriven.io) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) What about the batteries, though? How would Japan source those? All-in into aluminium-air? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago The good thing about modern batteries is that in a decade after they are new and are down to 80% capacity, if that's not enough for you and you want to keep the car, a new battery will be cheaper and/or better Leaf owners got twice the range from new batteries compared to the car when it was new permalink fedilink source parent [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) What about the batteries, though? How would Japan source those? All-in into aluminium-air? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago The good thing about modern batteries is that in a decade after they are new and are down to 80% capacity, if that's not enough for you and you want to keep the car, a new battery will be cheaper and/or better Leaf owners got twice the range from new batteries compared to the car when it was new permalink fedilink source parent [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago The good thing about modern batteries is that in a decade after they are new and are down to 80% capacity, if that's not enough for you and you want to keep the car, a new battery will be cheaper and/or better Leaf owners got twice the range from new batteries compared to the car when it was new permalink fedilink source parent
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