On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 2:01:43 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
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> A WHAT?? Do you KNOW much about electricity, batteries and electric vehicles? I DO! TONS!!!
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> What you show concern with when you say "but I suppose that's a lot better than getting incinerated in a white hot electrochemical explosion"! What chemicals in a Leaf are likely to explode? Do you KNOW what chemicals are in a Leaf? I DO
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> John Kuthe...

As far as I know, the batteries in electric cars are electrochemical storage devices. My guess is that, in a few years, we'll be using solid state batteries. At least that's the direction researchers are scrambling for. This probably does not bode well for Musk/Tesla and his Gigafactory.

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