Electric car thread

[Marty_d]

I didn't watch it, but read the fact checking of it.

What an example of terrible journalism.

Unsurprising though given the presenter previously worked for Shell.

[Siso]

Hmmm the ABC!

[octave]

5 minutes ago, Siso said:

Hmmm the ABC!

The mistruths are easily provable.  I am happy to go through them one by one.

[kgwilson]

The Nickel mining story was aired 6 months ago. Almost all of the nickel is for the stainless steel industry, not EVs. The presenters fossil fuel bias and links have been well established. Channel 7 had to close comments within a couple of days as almost all were highly critical of the claims made. NMC batteries for EVs are now in the minority but even so 98% of all minerals including lithium, cobalt and nickel are recovered in battery recycling so are not wasted and reduce the need for expanded mining.

 

LFP is now the dominant technology for EV batteries but sodium batteries are becoming available and making major inroads in to the battery storage industry. They are also between 30% & 60% cheaper given the abundance of sodium & ease of extraction. Start with evaporating sea water to get NaCl, common salt, separate the 2 elements and you have sodium and chloride. 

[facthunter]

Cl  ( the element) is Chlorine, Sodium and Chlorine are both highly reactive and nasty substances to life forms.  Nev