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Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by hbarka on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:15PM (#30110328)
EV batteries started this way with hybrids like the Prius. Look where we are.
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Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by chrischen on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:03PM (#30110578)
Actually Priuses use a completely different battery tech than EVs like Tesla.
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Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by hbarka on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:31PM (#30110722)
True. The point was that there’s a progression in the technology. Nickel Cadmium -> Lithium Ion -> ?Solid State. More importantly, there’s the cost curve improvement.
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Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by kijiki on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:15AM (#30111233)
True for pure hybrid Priuses, but Plug-in Priuses use Lithium-Ion batteries just like Teslas.
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