How VW Can Leap Over Tesla: QuantumScape CEO Interview
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025
- One of the few ways how Tesla can be beat by another car maker is the battery tech, and today I talk to Jagdeep Singh, the CEO of QuantumScape, a company with the most advanced solid state battery tech in the world which will be featured in VW Group electric vehicles when available for mass production.
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It's a long way from a sample production cell, to a Gigafactory or two or four. Tesla will sell millions of cars with LFP and NMC batteries before a solid state battery becomes available and competitively priced. It's kind of like OLED TVs competing with LCD TVs. For most people, the differences don't matter, just the price.
If solid state batteries would be feasible to make now then they would be doing it already. The guys at Tesla are no dummies and have all the cash to do it. Must be serious reason why they are not into it right now. They must be playing with it in the lab.
I'm surprised how much it's taking them to bring the fatter battery to market and it's just an evolution. Even with the new batteries they are improving and optimizing so it's continuously evolving in a way it makes sense. Solid state would be great but they really need volumes now.
It's not they are stupid or lazy. It's really hard and it takes time.
Volkswagen will be making their own LFP batteries with Unified Cell from 2023 which will cost half as much as current batteries.
Good comparison, spot on.
Well... What's being said in this case is that the OLED will be cheaper with a bigger, brighter screen.
To bring costs way down we need something other than lithium and cobalt.
It will be interesting to see an LFP battery built in the tabless style of the 4680.
I'm not sure solid state batteries are ready to be a structural member so at the pack level they have a ways to go.
Great thumbnail!! You somehow called the Porsche collaboration and the new all electric 911 which will be powered by QS SOLID STATE
Jagdeep Singh is a smart guy. Its refreshing to see straightforward honest information so well explained on RUclips.
Jagdeep Singh, the CEO of QuantumScape is doing a very good job of pursuing the solid state battery, thank you very much in contributing in the quest to clean our air a bit more.
Exciting. I'm a Quantumscape stock holder and have an order for the Audi Q4. Fingers crossed when my lease is up in 4-ish years that solid state will be in the market and in my next vehicle. Like Jagdeep said, people have been trying for decades. I wish them luck!
I would love solid state to hit the market soon, but I have my doubts.
Yes. I would love to see SS batteries show up I high end phones first. Then I will be impressed with my iPhone. Give me the same phone but 25% lighter with 25% more charge.
There is no solid state battery dude. There is no Santa Claus either , just in case you were wondering
@@azspotfree 🤣😂 okay will see
Solid state is probably still a way off. Quantumscape is the most likely to succeed with it. However LFP tech is already viable, cheap to build, reliable, way more than 800 charge cycle life, closer to 4000 for some. Also some of the new designs are approaching energy density that rivals traditional lithium batteries. Yes they may be a bit heavier but that can be be fixed with body/frame design, making the batteries structural in particular.
I mean just from a marketing perspective, think back when gas cars were all that was available, if it was common knowledge that you could only fill your gas tank 800 times before you had to replace basically the whole drivetrain, likely at the cost of half the original vehicle price,, would you buy it? For those who switch cars often answer would be yes, but for money conscious customers who plan to drive it for the life of the vehicle they would have to really think about it. It's the same reason a Honda or Toyota retain value over a Ford. They are known for a higher reliability
Good points and I agree, LFP is the best chemistry and design today, however, LFP charges relatively slow compared to NMC and solid-state and LFP loses quite a bit of capacity in the cold but on the plus side, LFP offers ~4,000 cycles, is relatively cheap and safe. I wish NMC would go away asap and we only use LFP until solid-state comes online.
I wish the LFP Model 3 was cheaper than the old $37,990 Model 3.
I'm hearing too much about solid battery tech but not really seeing much.
I am buying a Tesla over VW because of the battery, user interface, and charging infrastructure. Electrify America is unreliable, and the VW user interface is still lacking. Even if the batteries tech were superior for VW, I would opt for Tesla!
Thanks Tesla HQ!
@@simonthebroken9691 which will be open to every automaker in every country by the end of 2022. So much for the big advantage.
@@simonthebroken9691 it’s already not free to Tesla owners, and even the cars with ‘Unlimited Free Supercharging’ still had a price ($2000 if I recall correctly) attached to it.
@@simonthebroken9691 When traveling, I can pull up to a CCS and not have to wait for a charge. Most superchargers by me have a line. I call that a big advantage.
@@simonthebroken9691 G'day Simple Simon, of course, other EV owners will pay to use Tesla's superchargers, that's the reason why Elon's opening his arms to pocket the winnings.
Word is that Tesla Superchargers are already booked out by Tesla owners who have to wait in line ALREADY.
QUOTE: "You ever seen an overflowing charging station?" NO, I'm just taking the word of some who have. 🙄
If you have a brain, which I very much doubt, you COULD realise that what you've stated is absolute B$.
Great chat and happy to see you back! Can't wait to see QS get up to production but I think the people that can afford it should look at the short term for now. The ranges we get now aren't bad at all anyway. Pricing will be interesting for solid state. Keep it up!
Great to have you back! Just Ease into it, we'll all be here
The biggest problem of BEVs is not energy density. Lucid can go 850km per charge, that´s more than 90+ percent of drivers need. And they do it with 2170 cells. The problem is cost - most people in the world can´t afford a BEV, that´s why large car manufacturers are switching to LFP - the energy density is lower but so is the cost and that´s what matters. Tesla is also focused on cost with 4680. More energy density improvements will come with the structural battery. Until solid state can become cheap it will always be a niche market - good for planes perhaps or trucks but not a mass market product.
850km range is 90+% of drivers needs? How often do you do that kind of distance in a day? 850 km is 99,5% of drivers needs. Once in my life I did almost 1000 km in one day. With that kind of range you, the drivers are the slow part. Having so much range gives you ample time to charge without waiting at all.
The 4680 and Quantumscape are designed for different goals. The 4680 is mostly about cost reduction imo and Quantumscape is about developing a new higher energy density battery. I think it's going to be a long time until Quantumscape beats Tesla on cost but I think beating them on energy density and perhaps charging speed is very possible.
The 4680's are technically still more energy dense other cylindrical cell types though. So for Tesla they serve as cost reduction and an increase in energy density too.
@@migueljardim8177 So where are the 4680s?
Tell me which EV is using them at this very moment.
Tesla?
NUP.
Until they can produce in scale, blah diddy blah blah Tesla waffle, do you see what I'm say'n? 🙄
@@CNile-se9xw You should've really paid attention during the quarterly earnings report released this year by Tesla. In which they SPECIFICALLY state that giga factory Austin is building model Y's with the structural battery pack and 4680's. So yes the battery is completed and going into working vehicles.
@@migueljardim8177 Mate, I have ZERO reasons to watch or listen to Tesla's quarterly earnings.
I am NOT an INVESTOR & NEVER will be. 😉
The demand is there, so IF Giga factory Austin IS building Model Ys with structural 4780s, where are they?
Have YOU seen ANY of them?
@@CNile-se9xw Bro, there are literally pictures of the cells being put into the structural battery pack in the Tesla earnings report this year. And then an hour later Elon even confirmed that they are going into production now and more details would be available later as currently NHTSA are crash testing them. Whether or not you are an investor (I am not) is irrelevant to wanting to find out interesting information because it is a natural human trait called CURIOSITY. Glad I could clear that all up.
Will solid state ultimately replace lithium-ion? I don't think so, even though solid state seems to have inherent advantages. I'm an electronic engineer, not a battery engineer, so I could be wrong. But here is a couple of examples that make me skeptical:
1. Back in the 80's a lot of people thought Gallium-arsenide (GaAs) would replace silicon in high-speed digital chips because it's lower bandgap energy gave GaAs an inherent speed advantage. But today, silicon is still king, because it's so much easier to work with, enabling adherence to Moore's Law for far longer than most engineers thought possible back then.
2. Photovoltaic cells made today aren't that different from those made 30 years ago, but the price has come down dramatically because of improved manufacturing tech, and the economics of scale.
The point is, that 50% increase in energy density the guy claimed for solid-state batteries may be outpaced by improvements in Li-ion,
I think the real reason companies like Toyota and VW are interested in solid-state is because they're desperate to make investors believe they have a chance of catching up to Tesla by some magic tech that lets them leapfrog ahead.
Well said - To add to what you said.
For them to scale enough to supply the high volume cars like the model 3 and Y, or similar high volume selling cars will take for ever. And as you said lithium iron batteries could be 30% better and the price difference would not justify it.
Maybe 3-5 years if they succeed, they will supply enough to place in a Porsche Taycan that sells for 300K (Low qty high price)
This is possibly right, but I don't think VW and Toyota need new tech to catch up to Tesla. Their cars will be close enough in a few years-it's not like Tesla has anything but an advantage in experience building them- there is no mystery tech or aspect of Teslas that make them an obviously superior car to the consumer (although the certainly are better at this point). Few people care that Tesla's heat pump is super clever and more efficient- they just want the A/C to work.
Legacy manufacturers will compete on customer service- an area where Tesla's innovation and tech has covered up massive deficiencies. At some point Tesla will have to grow up and have a real sales and service network. They've done amazing things so far, but their basic shadiness will catch up to them in the near future.
As for solid state battery tech: a 50% reduction in battery weight coupled with a 50% charge time seems pretty significant to me.
@@bobqzzi Tesla has superior battery chemistry + top people working on improving it all the time, able scale of batteries, new 4680 battery - patented, factories built from the ground up to manufacture ev's, production speed 3x that of VW, Best software engineers in the industry, Most experienced electrical car engineers,
Best charging network,
2 new ev factories coming online this year (doubling production capacity) + a few more to be announced this year.
Dojo supercomputer coming online soon with FSD potential.
Manufacturers its own chips + the ability to switch to other chips avoiding down time.
Has spacex engineers to assist if needed on very complex systems.
Currently sells the quickest car range in the industry, and the most efficient.
Battery, electric drive systems have proven to very reliable over many years, people are able to run 100,000 of mile with little to no maintenance.
Their software in the cars works fast, gets regular OTA updates, offers more features to the competition.
Currently, a similar performance equipped gas or ev car, from a reputable manufactures is more expensive.
If you compare a BMW i4-450 to the M3p, for a similar equipped version of the BMW it would cost $20,000 more, and it's slower in acceleration and has a lower top speed (But slightly better in the mid range)
@@RemoteSpeed007 All true (except FSD where they are barking up the wrong tree). They also have terrible customer service and a pathological liar for a CEO. That's been fine during this explosive growth stage and when their technology lead has been so large they were really the only game in town. Very, very soon all the other EVs will be good enough (like ICE cars now where they are all fine) and things like customer relations and a service center network will become more and more important. Maybe Tesla can pivot and start acting like they want to retain current customers and attract new customers who aren't EV enthusiasts; maybe they can't. Once the chip/supply chain issues end, more and more competition will come and many of those companies are good at customer service and supplying replacement parts. Right now, Tesla makes the best EVs, but best is no guarantee of best selling in the future because selling cars is about more than the product.
@@bobqzzi Well I'm a customer and like their service so far, much easier with the app to get the car serviced, I understand that some areas are not well covered, and Elon actually apologized recently and promises to make it better.
The legacy OEM have dealers - Tesla has to build and staff their own service centers, it will take time.
It's a ev revolution, some areas will suffer no doubt.
"a pathological liar for a CEO."
I don't agree with that.
Welcome back! Don’t worry, that raspy morning-voice is what the people love 😅
As Elon says, “…prototypes are easy, mass production is hard”.
So very true. VW is going to have a nearly impossible task if it takes them 3X as long to produce a vehicle as compared to TESLA.
Harder for some than others. Elon struggles to deliver anything at scale......VW has been at it a lot longer.
@@Patrick-bu5vy Is that assumption based on a company that’s only been in production since 2012 having difficulties through 2017- 2019?
You’re aware that Tesla produced and sold 937,000 BEVs in 2021, up from 510,000 BEVs produced in 2020? What’s your prediction for TSLA vehicle production numbers for 2022?
@@wattlebough Elon might produce 1.5 million cars this year....making Tesla a small manufacturer in the car world. Demand for their shoddy products will likely top out around 3 million in another two or three years as people opt for better built, better value offerings with properly functioning service networks. You're aware that VW Group is now outselling Tesla in BEV across Europe? The Tesla Moment is already over - the dumb money just hasn't realized it yet.
@@Patrick-bu5vy Matey, I’m a little concerned you’re just on the Elon hate wagon and actually don’t want his company to succeed. Why is that?
Welcome back, Alex! Glad you’re feeling better! ❤️
Excellent interview. You asked all the questions I had and they were answered in honest straight talk. Well done. Happy you are on the mend.
Thank you for not using words like "tesla killer", the assumption is usually that there only is room for a single EV manufacturer. The whole point is replacing ALL combustion engines everywhere.
that is one thing that bothers me - the Applekiller - Teslakiller. Such a limited view of the world.
There is no Tesla killer and there may never be, but there is huge room for more than one EV OEM. Each EV manufacturer will have more than enough customers as the world quickly transitions from expensive, dirty and trouble prone fossil burners to clean electric.
@@s.m.7018 I like the roaring V8 as much as the next guy. But eventually they will be a hobby much like horse racing 🐎
so glad your voice is back. Super enjoy your sense of humor and how you present your comments. So many vlogs are dead boring. Thank you
The question I have is; what will be the energy density at pack level? Pauch do not give structural rigidity, so additional mass is needed to give the car rigidity. Cylindrical cells give the car structural rigidity, so one can get rid of a lot of mass using them.
I'm pretty certain the rigidity comes from the housing and not the cells.
@@Error6503 that will change with the new pack design.
Wellcome back Alex. Wish you best health and thanks for this interview with Mr. Singh. I wish Quantum Scape all the Succes and also Luck. Hope theyr Technology will lead to much more range and chargingspeed, so we can convince more and more petrolheads towards electric.
How will these batteries work in below freezing weather?
Great to hear your voice again Alex!
It's great to have you back. I missed you for 2 weeks.
Yay! Glad to have you back! Welcome back to RUclips!
Worst case, if the costs are too high or the energy density too low, it remains a niche product. I think they will be able to successfully sell something, even if they miss their targets.
Any great new batteries will be in your cell phone first . When it charges in 3 min and lasts 3 days the day has come .
Otherwise don’t bother
Delighted to have you back.... take care.
Happy to see (and hear) you back Alex!
Thanks for the educational content.
My biggest concern is how long it will take for them to scale up production to be even close to the scale that tesla make batteries. If i had to guess it would be at least 5 years and by that time tesla will likely have scaled up their production even more, main reason tesla has little interest in solid state is because like Elon has mentioned few times before, he has not found a solid state battery solution that can be scaled fast enough to meet his demand.
Good to have you back Alex! Starting off with a great one!! Thanks!
It is great to hear of the progress with the solid state batteries. But it does also show that the solid state battery technology is not something that we are going to be seeing in production EVs very soon. 400 charge cycles is good, but the 2170 batteries can run 3,000 cycles before significant degradation, and the 4680 batteries look to be far better still. Super quick charging is good for those people who want the convenience, but most EV owners charge overnight at home, where super quick charging is not needed.
^^ THIS ^^ Most important.
What about those living in apartment with no charging ports 😑
@@don.timeless4993 just have a bollard installed were you park your car. They only need to be 10 amp. It is being done in Europe.
I wonder how easy it would be to convert current battery production to solid state? Personally, better and more affordable batteries sound like a big win to me. Good for your guest and his company. It's good to have you back.
For a factory already making pouch cell batteries, maybe not too much. Tesla chose cylindrical because manufacturing process can be much faster and cheaper.
What was that at 16:32
They would have to greatly increase the energy density in solid state before real viability, then you could decrease the size of the battery which would also lower the cost of replacement.
Czz as n you apply them to E- Bikes?
Any updates on how the technology compares to current state of batteries? It's been some time since the release of the video.
Really interesting interview Alex. Wish them to succeed. Switching gears for a moment. The charging infrastructure conversation is a huge component for battery cars. For most homeowners, I don't quite see it that way. Fifty mile round trips daily is the norm for most people. How often does a person drive 300 miles round trips. The infrastructure will improve. For me right now, I have an ICE car for my long hauls. In time, that'll change.
Yes, we need better options for home and destination charging for people who lack attached garages or otherwise can’t easily charge at home.
I’m renting a Model Y to see my family in NH. Flying into Boston. They live outside Keene NH. And it’s honestly such a headache. I specifically have to go to higher priced hotels/inns that offer destination charging. It’s super hilly and cold. Range decrease of 20%~ minimum. Huge swaths of the country like this situation. We need probably more like 100-150K destination chargers and multiples of what Tesla and EA have combined to get to a place where people will feel as comfortable traveling. EV fanbois need to be realistic and not just view it from some urbanite viewpoint.
Great to have you back my brother! Wonderful and exciting video!
Glad you are getting better, and glad to have you back.
Very glad to have you back Alex we have misses you.
Yea, had not heard from you in a while, I was starting to get worried.
Glad your voice is doing better. I had a small viral (non-Covid or Flu) infection in my throat for a few days.
It sucks when your used to talking for work fir hours on end.
Missed your uploads!
Welcome back sir, I personally been missing your Videos, it's good to have you back.
What's the scarf for?
Nice video. It's been a while since you last talked to him, and I'm hoping there's a lot of additional information he can provide. Please arrange a new interview.
I would like to hear their projected cost per KWH, and a time frame for real production. So many companies working on S.S. batteries. Things can work in the lab that are not practical or cost effective for production of scale.
2025
What about ILIkA solids state battery’s. There are ahead QS.
Tesla is using a variety of battery types already (NMP, LFP, etc.) and has made it clear they can quickly switch to other types and package shapes (cell, blade, etc.).
BYD batteries started from consumer electronics to EVs.
Will QuantumScape eventually enter the consumer electronic segment? i.e Smartphones and laptops e.t.c
The requirements he stated for solid state batteries were less than current car batteries today.
No really ssb are safer cheaper and provide faster charging
One thing is to make a "one of a kind" battery. It is a different story making batteries in mass quantities. There are batteries that are better than what Tesla uses, but nobody makes them in market changing volume.
The data published by QS so far look very promising to me. They seem to be well on track with their roadmap. I wonder what the next big milestones are and when QS plans to achieve them?
Come on, buy some stock, it's cheap right now and I'm down big.🙏
We have to wait and see if this new battery explodes in people’s garages. Can’t take the lead until we have years of being safe.
I'm getting a bit of a thin film solar vibe with Solid State Batteries: great promise, but ultimately overtaken by the steady development of proven technology, and the learning curve. In the time it will still take QS to hit the market, how much will NMC and LFP have improved? QS talks about 15 minutes to 80%, which is already almost possible with regular NMC (18 minutes Hyundai/Kia on 800V charger). Tesla are increasing charging power to 324 kW. So, the QS 15 minute target seemed way ahead just 3 years ago, but not that outlandish today, let alone in a couple of years time.
Price will be the most important factor in the next decade as BEVs will flood every segment. It seems to me that LFP chemistry will win there, and it has some advantages too: long cycle life, safer operation, no rare earth metals. And LFP is now scaling up towards TWh scale.
So, while I'm still excited by what QS are doing, I don't see it as leading tech for the next decade. One area that needs a more energy dense battery is electric flight, which requires >500 Wh/Kg. But what Mr. Singh doesn't say here is what the gravimetric density is. He talks of volumetric density.
Great to have you back. I missed you.
Good interview. Have to wait and see how Jagmeet's technology comes to life but VW has definitely positioned itself to reap the benefits.
Hi, glad you're back.
Welcome back Alex, we have missed you and hope you are feeling much better!
Interestingly enough quantum skate is only few miles away from Tesla quarters in silicon valley I wonder why their business development did not talk
Welcome back!! Hope you continue to heal well my man
thank you for the interview. It really gives us a lot of insights.
Welcome back. Sounding good today!!
welcome back Alex, have missed your USA updates, here -(Australia)
I can see on batteri animation that it works with miles. I hope they will also make a metric version later.
Good to hear you again. 👍 Tom is a nice guy, but we you win 😉
And this was about my top 3 interviews in a year. Great guy and very promising tech.
Interesting technology; hopefully it pans out. I would suggest that rather than extending the range, the increased density be used to reduce weight-which improves every aspect of vehicle dynamics. This is especially true if the increased charge rate proves to be feasible. A 300 mile range with a 15 mile charge time changes the game.
what is the power output of each "wafer" and how many of them would be needed to lump together?
And this whole EV technology is only as good as power being available.
At least with conventional gas powered vehicles is you can still evacuate if the community loses power.
Seems there is still so much more to be considered for total and complete infrastructure before it truly is viable
Glad to hear your voice again. Was a but worried there for a bit.
The stock market doesn’t believe that Quantumscape is going to be a winner. The stock is down over 50% since just last November and down ~70% since its peak about a year ago. Of course, it’s possible that market analysts have just gotten it all wrong. But it’s more likely IMHO that the CEO is blowing smoke. I hate to be a Debbie Downer here but there are just too many promises made and then broken in EV technology. I won’t get excited until solid state batteries actually go into production.
The stock market should never be your barometer.
Stock market does never reflect reality
Good to have you back. 👍
You think there will be a market for retrofitting solid state into cars being sold today? Eventually today's batteries will rear EoL and need to be replaced. Might be harder for manufacturers using cell style vs pouch as far as packaging by it would be interesting to see.
Welcome back. Missed your content and your wry sense of humor.
Glad to have you back!
Welcome back! Jagdeep has to be one of the best at delivering his message so clearly, concisely, and with passion and compassion. Wow. Looks like he has a winning product. One question comes to mind, could his cells have a structural ability like 4680s or need a structure around them like pouch cells?
I would think they need to be in a frame since unlike cylindrical type cells they do not have any structure of their own.
As you can see from the video, the battery actually swells as it discharges and contracts when charged. This requires a pouch format as there is no room to swell in a can. Also he describes the separator as being ceramic which is usually very brittle and cannot be bent in a curve.
@@royh6526 quantumscape seperater is flexible as shown in their investor presentation
Have they demonstrated a working ss battery?
It seems nobody wants to ask about that magic separator.
Their patents talk about LLZO - Lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide.
It does not sound like a cheap material.
Please do a video about Solid Power's solid state sulfide batteries. They are working with Ford and BMW. I have heard that ceramic solid state batteries are also being into looked. Also, there are semiconductors made of Siicon Carbide(SiC) and Gallium Nitrite(GaN) that will allow for faster recharging. Can you investigate and do a video on them?
BTW, SiC, also called moissanite, is also made into jewelry. It is a rare compound, almost as hard as diamond, found in meteorites but which can be made artificially. Moissanite jewelry looks very much like diamonds.
Are there other car companies aside from Aptera that will allow EVs to be recharged with 110 V household current?
Sorry, I’ll try again. Can you apply these batteries to E- Bikes?
I have heard many stories about new battery tech. Yet, not a single one has shown up, just like the OEM's EV numbers they announced. The concept is obviously promising, the mail question being: when can they mass produce and at what price. Probably much better battery technologies will come, question only being: when? And how cheap? I believe it when I see it.
If only I had a dollar for everyone of those announcements, but one day.
It's nice to hear your voice again! Would hade been fun if you asked about Plasma Kinetics. What's happening there by the way?
It's good to see you back in the saddle.
No one's beating Tesla, because their secret sauce isn't the battery, it's the self-driving. Not saying other companies won't eventually catch up, but Tesla has a huge head start.
You positive ?
@@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied hahah, don't be so negative
What about random full self breaking?
Hasn't Elon been promising full self drive this year since 2014?
@@davidrobertson4301 I'm not here to carry water for Elon Musk or any of his promises. All I can do is speak to what I've personally seen and researched. It appears Tesla has a huge lead.
@@ElectricAdventurer I give Waymo a lot of credit, thay have something that actually works. That being said, self-driving is a matter of cost and scale. Maybe they can keep their costs down and scale-up, I suppose time will tell. Meanwhile every day that goes by Tesla is collecting valuable information that other companies will need to also scale-up self-driving.
I was most impressed with the speed batteries are being made for Tesla. Once QS has a solid state battery ready for mass production, that begins another long journey.
So glad you're back!
EQXX from Mercedes is using solid state battery by ProLogium. News will reveal more details in March. Solid state battery will come much faster than most people would think. Mercedes will announce its solid state battery powered ev in the winter of 2024, and delivers will come the following year.
Good to see you back. Great interview.
What an exciting product! What is Quantum scapes current cost per kilowatt hour? (Seem to have glossed over this). How many kilowatt hours do they hope to produce in 2022 and 23?
Glad to have you back.
Great that you are back. This is potentially a great battery technology too.
Welcome back mate!
Toyota has stated that they will use a solid state battery in hybrid EVs by 2025. Kind of like a test drive for the technology. We shall see, it will keep improving.
Alex, what is going on with three wheeled vehicles? I invested in Archimoto a few months ago after watching you and Munro talk about how great they are, and the stock has taken a dive, no updates for investors, are they in trouble?
I have never endorsed or featured Archimoto on my channel. I do not support any brand with someone like Gali on their board.
Alex greetings from Maryland. Do you plan to do another interview with this or other battery start-ups? Bringing SS battery to the EV market would be a game-changer for the industry.
Where are the 4680’s has anyone seen a vehicle with one on the road?
I expect QS CEO to kow: 2X longer to charge lithium 🔋 to 100% vs 80% full. Why did he omit this pt or compare same metric? Red 🚩, the rest is fluffy.
Glad you are back
Hey dude, glad you are back, and glad you are better. Best wishes.
It seems there is a lot of promises regarding solid state batteries without any working samples.... Hmm
This is a good interview, but QS is years away from mass produce at an affordable price.
Nice, I appreciated the explainer about what the heck solid state batteries actually are. Thanks.
And, hey, the closest thing I can come to a Grumpy Comment is asking for clarification about something that's been nagging me for a while now. Waking up in the middle of the night, I often contemplate deep questions. One of the biggest is, what IS the first lyric to your theme song? Something something the world. Electrifying the world. E for E-lec-tric.
Taking over the world
That's what I heard. 😇