Berdichevsky: One electric car contains battery material of 10,000 phones
Gene Berdachevsky · He Built Tesla's FIRST Roadster Battery. Find Out What He's Building Next! · Joe Lonsdale · Apr 21, 2022 · at 12:51
Gene Berdichevsky, CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies and former early Tesla engineer, compares material volume requirements between consumer electronics and electric vehicles.
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“So there's about 10,000 phone batteries worth of material in a single car.”
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