Very informative read.
Very informative read. Looking to the conceptual drawing of the Gigafactory, I quickly determined that it might as well be on the moon. The plant that I'm looking at would cost in the $ Billions. The in and out route to the facility would run $ millions. Planning time? Years. Building time? Years. While the writer does address concerns as to carbon footprint, he doesn't touch on the impact of battery production waist bi- products on the environment.(nasty) Noting can be produced or recycled without having " some" environmental impact on the planet. Thus, is the plight of man and " man made" technology. It occurred to me while reading this very well written expose. Future ( relatively short term) personal automobile transportation will be limited to the wealthy, the math
dictates it.There will be no $30,000 Tesla. For most inhabitants of planet earth, It will come down to walking, riding a bicycle or traveling on public transportation.