I guess that’s the point of my original post. Yes, this battery moves in the right direction, but all the breathless reports I’ve seen today are heralding this as some seismic change. It isn’t from what I can tell.
And that’s my problem with Musk and Tesla. Like Apple, people seem to faint and worship upon hearing anything that emanates from them. I just don’t get it. And Musk, IMO, seems to be a guy who has a history of hyping everything to get government money and publicity.
Yeah, it’s great we may get to where we all would like to be with batteries, but this is just a garden variety lithium battery supersized for capacity, that’s it.
Heh, exactly. An hour or so ago I emailed a friend on this topic, and said that likely the same people who are excited about this are the same ones that got excited about the Apple Watch... Despite the same thing being available from 'no name' Chinese manufacturers two years ago WITH built in cell phones... For 1/3 to 1/2 the price of the cheapest Apple.