Why Gas Engines Are Far From Dead - Biggest EV Problems

Engineering Explained[0] on Youtube does a good job talking about improvements across both technologies. He says he gets this question a lot when he talks about conventional engine improvements, whether or not they are going to be irrelevant soon. In one video (which I frustratingly I can't find at the moment) he lists a series of use cases that are going to rely on conventional, maybe diesel, for a long time, especially heavy hauls across remote areas. [link] EDIT: This is probably the video: ▶ this video

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Though not a write up per se, Engineering Explained has made several videos with reasonable estimates: [link] [link] ▶ this video

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'According to the US Department of Energy, less than 5 per cent of lithium-ion batteries — demand for which is set to boom as carmakers such as Mercedes lay out goals to go “all-electric” — are currently recycled.' [link] Unless battery reuse is made viable there is no path forward for any future mass market in EV's. [link] Given that gasoline continues to easily provide the most bang for the buck/weight/volume IMO hybrids are the logical way forward until grids are recreated to cater to Small Nuclear Reactors and rewired to handle volume electrical delivery. ▶ this video

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