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      11-12-2017, 09:37 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by RABAUKE View Post
So this is the thing, there is no all or nothing solution to any of this. [...] I frankly think that hybrids are a more likely solution for the next 20-50 years as they solve problems on both sides of the argument.
I think that *most* personal transportation needs can be met with full electric cars. Most trips are short enough. Battery tech is starting to get pretty interesting as well and I expect some substantial breakthroughs there in the next 5 years or so. And, let's not forget how long it took us to get where we are with internal combustion! But there is still the inconvenience of long charge times when one is talking about longer trips, and that is where hybrid tech will continue to look good.

Oh and the original theme of this thread is "fake news". Sorta. This article calculates the break-even point for a 100KWh Tesla battery at 3 years minimum, 6 years max. Most interesting to me is that a huge part of the calc in *every* case is how the electricity is generated.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/artic...ter#gs.2_p9dB8
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