Dave Schroeder

Managing Partner, Volta Energy Technologies · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dave Schroeder holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and previously served as a senior scientist at Cabot Microelectronics. He is a Managing Partner and co-founder at Volta Energy Technologies, where he oversees technical diligence and invests in advanced battery systems.

26statements → 16claims → 10claims resolved → 90%fully supported → 3.54/5average certainty → 2.12/5average debate potential →

9 supported 0 partly supported 1 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 16 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 predictions · 10 assertions · 5 opinions · 5 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 16 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 10 are resolved, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dave argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Schroeder: EVs have fewer fires per vehicle than ICE cars

“There are still a lot fewer of them on a per EV basis than there are internal combustion engine vehicle fires on a per ICE basis.”

Dave Schroeder Mar 17, 2022 ▶ 16:32 When will batteries take over the world?

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Schroeder: California Installed Its First Large Eight-Hour Lithium-Ion System

“Though I noticed just this week, California installed its first large eight-hour lithium-ion system.”

Dave Schroeder Mar 17, 2022 ▶ 36:32 When will batteries take over the world?

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

none yet certainty 1

none yet certainty 2

100% certainty 3

86% certainty 4

none yet certainty 5

weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

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Assertion Contradicted

Schroeder: California Installed Its First Large Eight-Hour Lithium-Ion System

“Though I noticed just this week, California installed its first large eight-hour lithium-ion system.”

Dave Schroeder Mar 17, 2022 ▶ 36:32 When will batteries take over the world?

Assertion Supported

Schroeder: Power tool batteries still cost roughly $1,000 per kWh at retail

“Power tool batteries are still at retail about a thousand dollars a kilowatt hour, right? And people are happy to pay it. Maybe not happy, but they do pay it.”

Dave Schroeder Mar 17, 2022 ▶ 38:22 When will batteries take over the world?

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