recently introduced for sale next year, the Citroen C3 electric will have a 200-mile range, charge at 100 kW, and cost €23k. Game changer, as far as many in the business are saying, and I agree. A simple, pleasant useful vehicle that covers 75% of the bases.
Toyota, who created the excellent but ultra boring Prius, are steadily moving towards viable solid state batteries which should be ready for mass production in around 2028 if all goes to plan. Currently BEVs are a massive fire hazard, banned on RoRo boats in Norway and a key combustible component of the recent massive Luton airport car park fire that destroyed the entire structure.
Because they are essentially a reversion to steam style pressurized energy that becomes highly unstable and explosive when compromised, insurance companies are increasingly not covering them, and repair costs for all the ultra complex electronics and body components are massive.
Solid state batteries have viable range and will be far less prone to thermal runaway chemical fires that can't be extinguished. For those that chose electric for propulsion 2030> may be viable mass market but prior to that we have massive environmental problems with the strip mining of rare earths and subsequent lack of recyclability of BEVs that is rapidly creating a toxic, fire prone dumping disaster. This last point alone has to be resolved at scale before any claims of environmental advantages can be considered credible, along with viable electrical grids that aren't relying on coal to create power.
You're right, Martin. Which gave me some thoughts for today.
recently introduced for sale next year, the Citroen C3 electric will have a 200-mile range, charge at 100 kW, and cost €23k. Game changer, as far as many in the business are saying, and I agree. A simple, pleasant useful vehicle that covers 75% of the bases.
Toyota, who created the excellent but ultra boring Prius, are steadily moving towards viable solid state batteries which should be ready for mass production in around 2028 if all goes to plan. Currently BEVs are a massive fire hazard, banned on RoRo boats in Norway and a key combustible component of the recent massive Luton airport car park fire that destroyed the entire structure.
Because they are essentially a reversion to steam style pressurized energy that becomes highly unstable and explosive when compromised, insurance companies are increasingly not covering them, and repair costs for all the ultra complex electronics and body components are massive.
Solid state batteries have viable range and will be far less prone to thermal runaway chemical fires that can't be extinguished. For those that chose electric for propulsion 2030> may be viable mass market but prior to that we have massive environmental problems with the strip mining of rare earths and subsequent lack of recyclability of BEVs that is rapidly creating a toxic, fire prone dumping disaster. This last point alone has to be resolved at scale before any claims of environmental advantages can be considered credible, along with viable electrical grids that aren't relying on coal to create power.