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Actually the tents were one of the better property improvements. They also developed the smarter manufacturing techniques exported to the subsequent factories.

Bob Wilson

 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis



Bob Wilson

 

Over 20 years REAL WORLD experience in electrical generation, followed by 15 years renewable energy generation and all I will say following this thread is “my tongue is REALLY bleeding”. There’s beliefs and then there are facts, yet on Prius Chat, they very seldom meet.

 

Please don't let a few 'soft spots' spoil your opinion of PriusChat members. Sure there are some ringers who I've had to SQUELCH out with 'ignore user', two right now. But a few bad apples is not the whole and there are some pretty sharp cookies here,

My protocol is to post 'PLOINK' when someone crosses my line from empiricism to fantasy. I typically wait 30 days and silently check if they've gotten a clue. If not, I wait 3 months and longer. My experience is without a feedback response, even one that points out their foolishness, they get bored and go somewhere else to find someone else to annoy.

The analogy I use is a wailing child in a store who makes a great noise and pauses to see if anyone is paying attention. If they see any adult interest, the wailing begins again. Best to ignore them and move on.

Bob Wilson

 

Don't count Toyota, the best car company on the planet, out just yet
Toyota investing $5.6B in US, Japan EV battery production | Fox Business

 

How does that compare to what others have invested?

 

That sure seems like a small amount given the size of Toyota. I see $4B as the price of any plant worth building these days.

 

Aren't some of those smaller ones upgrades to an existing plant?

 

Probably.
I'm not sure what difference it makes. New capacity is new capacity

 

In 2021 these were the new US battery plants planned and timelines. Supply chain issues might delay some of the openings.
US: Over 10 New Battery Plants To Be Launched In 2022-2025
It calls out that it does not include the batteries produced in tesla's car plant in austin. It was before tesla/Panasonic anounced a $4B investment in a Kansas battery factory.