It really does seem like we're almost there. quoting the article:
The biggest challenge for electric vehicles remains bringing down the size and cost of their batteries. For them to compete with conventional vehicles, some experts estimate, battery costs must come down by about 75 percent
The emphasis is mine in the quote, but the point is that 75%, while sounding like a lot, really isn't. This article quotes a new cheap method that should enable us to get 10% to 30% of it. There are many start-ups that I have heard about, admittedly some more likely to pan out than others, that with a variety of different approaches could easily close that 75% gap. This is the part that I am excited about. The dream would be something like EEStor's technology which is promoted to be cheap, energy dense, have a low loss rate, and extraordinary high cycle counts. One can only hope that one of these technologies pans out. with proper batteries, then Solar and and Wind, let alone electric cars, become viable technologies.
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