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…be contrasted with the c-20 year typical lifetimes of ICE vehicles. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/06/15/electric-vehicles-breaking-the-ice/ Hence what requirements for electric vehicle battery life? This question matters if electric vehicle chemistries are going to…
…in EVs. Semiconductors underpin future world-changers. Just as photovoltaic semiconductors convert light into electricity, thermoelectric semiconductors can convert heat into electricity, via the Seebeck effect, which could be a future…
…have occurred in the power station that generated the electricity powering the electric stove. If that power station was only c40% efficient at converting natural gas energy into usable electricity,…
Could electric vehicles deflate towards cost parity with ICEs in 2025-30, helping to re-accelerate EV adoption? This 12-page report into electric vehicle cost parity contains a granular sum-of-the-parts cost breakdown….
…crushed, concentrated, smelted at 1,500ºC in electric arc furnaces, then electro-refined. Based on the disclosures from large PGM producers, we estimate that the energy intensity of PGM production is around…
…Over half of the emissions are chemical emissions from coking. The other half is from blast furnaces. Recycling scrap metal in electric arc furnaces is the best electrification opportunity we…
Electric Cars are being overtaken by new electric vehicles, which achieve c3x greater decarbonisation per unit of battery material. This metric matters if one believes that battery materials are a…
…insurance and 15% is fuel/electricity. The total cost of ownership for electric vehicles screens as being 40% higher than for an ICE, based on the examples tabulated in this data-file,…
…CNG trucks, LNG trucks, electric trucks and hydrogen trucks (chart below). Electric trucks with 4-6 ton batteries, and 700-1,000km ranges, likely cost $110-170k more (i.e., 2x) than a typical diesel…
…of their technology. But this is just a sample of names, to illustrate the breadth of the theme. Breadth and the giant furnace model. There is a dangerous temptation to…