Comment on Japan automakers play catch-up in EV race
nomecks@lemmy.world 1 year agoWhy do you think BEV is going away? Toyota is predicting they’ll have 1200km range and charge in 10 minutes. Even now the average city dweller can charge enough on a small service to make their trip to work and back. There is no upside to changing to something else.
Hypx@kbin.social 1 year ago
They're unsustainable, not to mention expensive and difficult for society to adopt. Toyota just say things while not actually being interested in them.
The marketing that they are "acceptable" for most people is not good enough. Eventually, there will be zero emissions cars that are just as practical as existing ICE cars and just as cheap. Basically no one will want BEVs once that happens.
nomecks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re not unsustainable. Lithium is infinitely recyclable. Not to mention batteries are lasting way longer than expected. I’ve been in Tesla cabs with almost a million kilometers.
Hypx@kbin.social 1 year ago
But it isn't recycled, especially at the 100% level that would be required. And you still need to dig out vast amount amounts of virgin material in the first place. Meanwhile, e-fuels and hydrogen have no such problem to begin with. This is basically an excuse to ignore the real-world problems of batteries.