Tesla, Toyota and VW supplier CATL says production will begin in 2023

World’s first ‘superfast’ battery offers 400km range from 10 mins charge::Tesla, Toyota and VW supplier CATL says production will begin in 2023

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    811·
    1 year ago

    How does that get me from my house to somewhere near my house? Or is this something I’m supposed to pay higher taxes for that won’t service anything near me?

    • randomtask@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      It doesn’t. Public transportation only really works in dense environments. The rub is that the default mode of development across the US has been suburban sprawl, which basically makes the “last mile” - from the bus/train route to your house / business / shops - impractical.

      Best we can do given this state of affairs is build good transit and densify around the stops with infill development. Continuing the pattern of sprawl just makes every problem related to transportation harder - longer commutes, more traffic, higher amount of energy consumed to get from point A to point B.

      Anyway, hope this battery tech works out because a lot of us are stuck with expensive personal vehicles as our only viable option given the way our cities are laid out.

      • build_a_bear_group@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Road networks can only work in dense environments. You think that building and maintaining expensive transit infrastructure can be done outside of large cities? Last mile transportation means that we couldn’t build out roads to people’s houses. Relying on car transport would require parking your car in the main city square and walking home from there. Not to mention that car transport is universally less efficient in energy to get from point A to point B.

    • Trekman10@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Ugh, me? Living in a SOCIETY where I have to PAY for things I don’t USE?! What’s next, paying for SCHOOLS when I don’t have KIDS?!