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Oh, it was one guy. OK, that's credible, I thought it wouldn't have any verifiable details. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Oh, a cycling magazine... [etc]
If it happened, and it if happened like that, it wasn't in the UK. At most, it would be contributory negligence. You can ride without a helmet and only get a 20% or so reduction from your spazzclaim if you suffer a head injury (or 10% for riding with it insecure, see Capps v Miller). ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Codezombie wrote: | What really needs to come down is the price. |
Tesla's current planned demand will significantly outstrip global lithium supply. And that's just Tesla's planned 500,000 cars, not the 100 million plus required to switch all production to electric.
Can lithium supply come close to meeting that demand? Hell, no.
When demand exceeds supply, prices plummet, right? ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Rogerborg wrote: | Codezombie wrote: | What really needs to come down is the price. |
Tesla's current planned demand will significantly outstrip lithium supply. And that's just Tesla's planned 500,000 cars, not the 100 million plus required to switch all production to electric.
Can lithium supply come close to meeting that demand? Hell, no.
When demand exceeds supply, prices plummet, right? |
Lighter elements (generally) are more abundant than the heavier, we're unlikely to run out of Li. Li is likely to be the dominant element of battery research and development for a considerable period, and advances are averaging out at 5% improvement in capacity per year.
Meeting demand just-in-time (as in the linked articles) is the current problem. Problems like this usually get solved by investors keen to extract maximum profit, so it becomes critical to meet lowest cost to produce/extract and that's dependent on the relative purity of the raw material and production know how.
Case in point, aluminium. We wrap sandwiches in it and bin the metal afterwards these days. At one time that would have been as mad as wrapping your sarnies in gold leaf and binning that, production cost wise. Catch 22, investors appreciate there's only a short term profit for a big initial outlay, and no real long term big money to be made.
It will be a gradual slide to e-vehicles, well under 0.2% of all vehicles globally right now despite sales increasing year on year:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Global_plug-in_car_sales_since_2011.png/600px-Global_plug-in_car_sales_since_2011.png ____________________
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From an email I received...
Dear Stoker,
Due to the serious shortage of funds raised via Indiegogo campaign (9% only) we have made a decision to refund all contributions back.
Thank you for your faith and support in our venture. We assure you that we have no intention to give up and will do our best to raise required capital and fulfill the project.
To be kept up to date, please follow us on:
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vigo.motorcycle/
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^^^
Two funny posts in a row.
Bet you're wishing you'd given your money to me - my imaginary bike was twice as good. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 24 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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