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Wayward DP
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what is he alleging they did that was blameworthy?
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Rich people have deep struggles with accountability, despite their insistence that everyone else in the world should be accountable for literally every tiny piece of their life.
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The game-changing new missile that could halt China
A frantic arms race between the US and China is underway in the Pacific while the fate of Taiwan hangs in the balance.
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The other bit is how decentralized the grid becomes. If a significant portion of homes and properties are producing electricity, the argument for the grid being anything but a publicly owned utility goes away in a hurry because profit motive evaporates in a decentralized grid, but the costs remain because transmission isn't free even if your power is.
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Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda? - Inside Climate News
The grid is becoming cleaner thanks to projects that have been in the works for years. Trump can shift this direction a bit, but the momentum is too strong for major changes, experts say.
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aaaand.....Huawei is still behind Samsung and Toyota in solid state battery tech as far as I'm aware. Toyota expects to convert it's EV's over to solid state batteries in 2027 (so, the 2028 models) and Samsung's prototype (20 yr lifespan, 9 minute charge, 1000km range) is expected to be out in a few months.
Fwiw, I'll be surprised if Huawei's battery ends up at the stated specs unless they've blown by everyone and Chinese companies aren't usually the first to the party.
But regardless, solid state batteries are on the way and will probably be in everything within the next 5-10 years. 4-5x the energy density, much faster charging, much safer.
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What does this mean for Tesla with the next 5-10 years?
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Even ignoring what I feel about the company and it's survivability long term (he's dead Jim). At minimum, to produce a competitive EV product they're going to have to develop their own solid state battery, license someone else's, or buy someone else's.
Again, at minimum, whatever technology gap existed between Tesla and it's competitors (Tesla's have historically had ranges between charge on the higher end of the EV market) would be gone.
Tesla seems pretty married to it's lithium ion battery tech (which is proprietary) so what this probably means is that Toyota and everyone who ends up buying from Samsung and Huawei take a huge jump, first at the higher end of the price range but within a few years and the price of the tech comes down (early to mid 2030's) Tesla's with 600-700km range will be competing in classes against similar or lesser priced cars with 1500+km ranges.