You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: The Good and the Ugly side of Tesla's newest Electric Semi Truck
Nice one from Tesla, but i believe that circumstances will always balance itself, as the new tech cannot take over all at once, it would be gradual. I believe drivers will still have ‘behind-the-desk' jobs after all. My only challenge is the durability of the battery as we all know that batteries undergo a decay constant, or get weaker with use. Tesla must deal with it if they will not be pushed out of market... Thanks
Lithium ion Batteries are durable, the components parts is not a major issue at hand but the number of people(Truckers) going out of job for this, cos no one would get an Automated Truck and still retain the Drivers.
@oluwoleolaide, you are very correct on it being durable, my friend bought a lithium battery in China last month. The cost was $800 for a 100AH battery. A 100AH lead-acid battery costs about $140 in Nigeria! The battery has about 2000 cycle life.
The really great thing about lithium batteries is that they provide employment for children in the Congo who are forced to work 12-14 hour days in cobalt mines for fear that their hands or feet will cut off... Boy, where would they be without the environmental movement???
That's really saddening
@richq11, the cobalt mine incident in Congo is a result of poverty and lack of education of the populace. The workers are usually the poor who are exploited by mine owners for more profit just like most unscrupulous capitalist would behave. Their government or Labour or Trade Union should intervene but I guess they must have been bribed by these crooked cobalt mining industries. It is a sad issue of child labor and exploitation but thankfully the whole world is aware and may place an embargo on cobalt from that region like they did for "blood" diamonds.
You sound like someone who is very young and aren't very aware of what's going on. Capitalism isn't the problem. The children are kept in a condition of slavery by their government, not mine owners... and when is the last time you saw children that had a trade union? The workers are poor and uneducated and exploited by their socialist government that was put there by the United Nations. If the children refuse to work they have a hand or foot cut off. The "embargo" on blood diamonds is a farce- they just get sold through shadow companies that are owned by the diamond cartel- who funds military dictatorships. If they put an embargo on cobalt from the Congo, where are you going to get it? They don't have it anywhere else.
@richq11, I do not really have a lot of information on what is going on in Congo, so I cannot really say much about it than what I have read. Since their government is complicit, I think it would be an uphill task to fix the injustice.
This will help you...
https://steemit.com/science/@richq11/the-real-cost-of-electric-cars
@ayobami99 Newer batteries can last longer these days. The technology is improving so is the number of cycles. Tesla batteries eg here https://www.tesla.com/powerwall. The battery is capable of being discharged to a depth of 100%! Try that on a normal lead-acid battery and watch your battery die!
Thanks for the update, i must have been living in the stone age, lol