New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

Lethe

Lethe

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Blitzo said:
Agreed, any link to one of his videos could be replaced with a link to a news article that he cites and then somehow turns into a 10 minute video about.

I might start deleting posts for links to his videos in future just because how much time and energy his videos actually end up wasting for us.
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I think the issue, not confined only to Electric Viking, is when people post links to videos without an accompanying description or commentary that explains why we should care about the content. The title of the video will rarely suffice, as we all know such titles are designed not to inform, but to attract clicks. If people believe that a particular video is worth sharing, they should be able to explain why that is so, and then others can make their own informed decisions about how they wish to spend their time.

There is already a policy that, when folks post links or excerpts from articles, there should be some accompanying commentary; I think it would be reasonable to extend that to Youtube links.
 
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luminary

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luminary said:
Don't know if this was a serious question or I'm misunderstanding. It's not about speed, it's about the system. Battery swap has variety of uses:
  • Data collection on driver use habits, field wear and tear -> supports battery research, design optimization.
  • Subscription business model and easy battery upgrades.
  • More convenient for customers to recycle their batteries, also enables them to drive the same car longer.
Just off the top of my head. Design philosophy when you have dense group of users is always to centralize for efficiency. Chargers don't have to replace battery swap, or vice versa. They should coexist.
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More thoughts:
Battery swapping - done automatically in high tech swapping stations in a few minutes - eliminates range anxiety, separates the cost of the vehicle from the high cost of the battery (thus lowering the cost of the vehicle by like a third), extends the working life of the battery since the swapped batteries are charged slowly without damage, makes used battery swappable EVs more valuable, and, as an added benefit, battery swappable EV's should be cheaper to insure (insurance coverage need not cover the cost of the battery.) Now, combine lower cost sodium-ion batteries with battery swapping and you could have new EVs that cost LESS than many used conventional gas cars and trucks.



Sodium ion batteries, but at what cost?
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Out of 20 sodium battery factories now planned or already under construction around the world, 16 are in China, according to Benchmark Minerals, a consulting firm. In two years, China will have nearly 95 percent of the world’s capacity to make sodium batteries. Lithium battery production will still dwarf sodium battery output at that point, Benchmark predicts, but advances in sodium are accelerating.
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