first, I said the announcement would be this year as per Siva, CEO in response to question and production next year, please be accurate. here is a link https://s29.q4cdn.com/884415011/files/doc_presentation/2025/02/QS-IR-Presentation-February-25.pdf
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Charging speed is a hypothetical. It will depend on a lot of factors in addition to the batteries themselves. Watts/kg is a little better, but ultimately depend on the framework needed to attach the cells to the car and the cooling system those cells require. Cycles till battery reaches 80% capacity is really just a number the manufacturer gives us, and we have to hope is true (and since rarely miles per charge is all that true-we have to take with a lb of salt).
I tend to fear obsolesce more than early adopting. That has also cost me quite a bit. Take 1 piece of tech - the tech itself is still close enough to modern after 10 years that I would not consider replacing it - but the physical framework and firmware of the initial production was so bad I upgraded within 2 years just to use it. Original manufacturer had sold out to a larger company, and all the promises of hardware and firmware upgrades evaporated - unless we bought the new companies version (with all the guts I already paid for once). Really sad part, a few people actually got those promised upgrades - as IF they had a warranty repair at exactly the right time, the units that were returned had the newer firmware on them.
I don't see viable mass adoption of solid state for the better part of a decade. Possibly smaller changes in chemistries, if they can use current production equipment might come sooner.
I tend to fear obsolesce more than early adopting. That has also cost me quite a bit. Take 1 piece of tech - the tech itself is still close enough to modern after 10 years that I would not consider replacing it - but the physical framework and firmware of the initial production was so bad I upgraded within 2 years just to use it. Original manufacturer had sold out to a larger company, and all the promises of hardware and firmware upgrades evaporated - unless we bought the new companies version (with all the guts I already paid for once). Really sad part, a few people actually got those promised upgrades - as IF they had a warranty repair at exactly the right time, the units that were returned had the newer firmware on them.
I don't see viable mass adoption of solid state for the better part of a decade. Possibly smaller changes in chemistries, if they can use current production equipment might come sooner.
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