China is the center of lithium ion battery tech nowadays. I’ve recently seen that they managed to bring down battery prices by 50% in the last two years and their EVs are cheaper than combustion based alternatives for 2/3 of models being sold.
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Telodzrum@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well, it’s a Chinese lab claiming to have it. So, I guess I’ll just wait for the proof.
misk@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Economy of scale is different from groundbreaking novel developments in the field.
China is also the runaway leader in false discoveries and purposeful fraud in academia.
misk@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Agrees on all points but I have trouble believing that with this economy of scale there would be no money being pumped into R&D and in time some results of that.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fair enough. Time will bear out the truth.
DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 months ago
But also the center of bullshit stories & studies.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yup. I’d wait regardless of source, but it’s extra sus coming from a Chinese lab since they like to… stretch the truth sometimes.