At 14:23 Lars explained that they said in the Tesla quarterly report that the nuclear power plant including the safety zone land around it is big enough to hold a solar plant that will generate the same amount of power. So why not build solar farms instead of nuclear power plants? This brings to mind
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Here’s a TED read. It’s extremely important that the world cut CO2 equivalent emissions in half by 2030 and continue dropping after that. For the US it’s now at about 51 gigatons per year, and this needs to drop by half to 25 gigatons per year. The electricity sector needs to decarbonize in order to
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From YT comment to Cleanerwatt With 2 GFs coming online this year and expansion in Shanghai, there will be less constraints on battery production. But the increased demand on lithium, nickel and other battery components is likely to cause costs to rise, thus negating any savings in manufacturing. This is a problem that will be
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From my Tesla Economist comment. I’m speaking from my viewpoint as a So. Californian, where cars are woven into the fabric of society. This view is about externalities that will have a major effect on the future of all of the vehicles and TaaS in the future. In So. Cal. gasoline is about $4 a
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Mercedes used to advertise that their cars were hand crafted. Not anymore. 😥😞 https://www.facebook.com/100027125847014/posts/582749369305919/?app=fbl
From FB TSLA group I’m not sure this chart is predicting realistic numbers. As a TSLA shareholder I hope it will be that way. But if we look at the amount of raw materials that will be needed for the hundreds of millions of batteries in the future, there is a point where obtaining enough
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There are doom and gloom predictions that there will not be enough raw materials for building EVs, especially the batteries. Article https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/june/we-need-more-metals-and-elements-reach-uks-greenhouse-goals.html Pete Hahn The demand for oil will drop as more vehicles become Electric. Hydrogen will be used for heavy transport – rail, ship and probably heavy trucks. There is a constraint on electrifying
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April Fools! << Voltswagen >> 😂😂😂 https://electrek.co/2021/03/29/its-not-april-fools-yet-vw-will-change-its-us-name-to-voltswagen/
From TSLA group – about hydrogen from my blog previous to this one. Nick Carrière Said, “…fundamental flaws with hydrogen vehicles…” Well, first off ‘converting to AC for a motor’ is necessary for battery EVs, too. But the losses are only a few percent either way. Said, “Total energy losses are several times higher…” That
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This gives some important differences about well to wheel comparisons of BEVs and ICEVs. BEVs are much more efficient. Document (.PDF) is 2.4 MB. https://www.transportenvironment.org/publications/batteries-vs-oil-comparison-raw-material-needs
