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Re:Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:49AM (#28264426)
Yes, an ICE car already has an alternator and starter motor, you aren't adding much complexity.

Considering how constrained we are by battery supply I suspect we would have got much more bang for our buck by using plugins as a stepping stone to full EV's.

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Re:Japan is holding back as the world rushes toward electric... by Retric on Sunday August 22, 2021 @10:57AM (#28265981)
If your designing a new suspension or whatnot then you or someone else need to build a factory to create it, it’s the same for every other car component. So there isn’t an actual battery limitation, just a question of building more battery factories. One level deeper building the machines or build batteries is more of a limitation which can also be scales up.

People point to Lithium as a limitation, but the price recently crashes in 2019 due to over investment demonstrating much faster EV adoption would and is possible.

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