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<blockquote data-quote="Dr_Mitch" data-source="post: 4235874" data-attributes="member: 7417"><p>Battery technology has pretty much peaked.&nbsp; Batteries are based on chemistry and physics.&nbsp; There isn’t anywhere left to go in battery development besides more advanced plate geometry within the cells, which maximizes surface area exposed to the electrolyte.&nbsp; Tiny, tiny incremental gains that will soon reach an absolute zenith.&nbsp; Electric vehicles, in terms of real, true reliability,&nbsp; will always be relegated to inherently short distance capacity until/unless battery packs become cheap AND a readily available, exchangeable commodity&nbsp; that can be swapped out quickly for a very low service fee and at virtually any locality nationwide.&nbsp; Batteries are consumable commodities with very defined shelf live and services lives, and are totally dependent upon responsible usage by the consumer.&nbsp; Based on the fact that &gt;99%.9999999 of people don’t understand how catastrophically bad it is for a cell phone battery to be run down til it shuts off due to total battery depletion, EVs don’t stand a chance without a major overhaul of the education system as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dr_Mitch, post: 4235874, member: 7417"] Battery technology has pretty much peaked. Batteries are based on chemistry and physics. There isn’t anywhere left to go in battery development besides more advanced plate geometry within the cells, which maximizes surface area exposed to the electrolyte. Tiny, tiny incremental gains that will soon reach an absolute zenith. Electric vehicles, in terms of real, true reliability, will always be relegated to inherently short distance capacity until/unless battery packs become cheap AND a readily available, exchangeable commodity that can be swapped out quickly for a very low service fee and at virtually any locality nationwide. Batteries are consumable commodities with very defined shelf live and services lives, and are totally dependent upon responsible usage by the consumer. Based on the fact that >99%.9999999 of people don’t understand how catastrophically bad it is for a cell phone battery to be run down til it shuts off due to total battery depletion, EVs don’t stand a chance without a major overhaul of the education system as well. [/QUOTE]

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