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Not viable. | Not viable. | ||
Solutions: | |||
* Using some other version of lithium-ion batteries, which doesn't depend so much on cobalt. | |||
* Marketing cheaper electric vehicles with much smaller battery capacity, for city driving only. | |||
* [[Walkability]]. | |||
* Extracting [[lithium from seawater]] (the viability of this may be questionable). | |||
Other important stats: | |||
{{dp | |||
|<nowiki>li_ion.charge_discharge_efficiency</nowiki> | |||
|<nowiki>85%</nowiki> | |||
|<nowiki>When you charge a lithium-ion battery, this much of the energy is stored. The rest is lost as heat.</nowiki> | |||
|<nowiki>Range: 80 to 90 %</nowiki><br /><nowiki> | |||
from wikipedia; haven't found original source yet</nowiki> | |||
}} | |||
{{calc | |||
|<nowiki> li_ion.charge_discharge_efficiency </nowiki> | |||
|<nowiki>%</nowiki> | |||
}} | |||
===Iron-redox flow batteries=== | ===Iron-redox flow batteries=== | ||