Thank you Warren for an outstanding article. China's huge surplus of rare earth elements puts it in an excellent position to transform transportation itself in the coming decades. Will China do that? It's difficult to say. Profits from individual vehicles, like those that glut our freeways daily, are potentially astronomical. However, a more visionary approach would strive to develop cheap, efficient mass transit.
Boggles the mind. My concern is the tocicity of waste and China’s disregard of this. What is done with old car batteries and will they end up in large landfills? I still don’t trust battery operated cars. What if I’m stranded in a desolate area with a dead battery? I’m going yo keep my gas driven 2006 Toyota Matrix for as long as pisdible…
Electric cars seen as future of transport, but China holds the keys
Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing, Warren.
Thank you Warren for an outstanding article. China's huge surplus of rare earth elements puts it in an excellent position to transform transportation itself in the coming decades. Will China do that? It's difficult to say. Profits from individual vehicles, like those that glut our freeways daily, are potentially astronomical. However, a more visionary approach would strive to develop cheap, efficient mass transit.
Thank you Warren!
Thank you gor another well researched piece.
Boggles the mind. My concern is the tocicity of waste and China’s disregard of this. What is done with old car batteries and will they end up in large landfills? I still don’t trust battery operated cars. What if I’m stranded in a desolate area with a dead battery? I’m going yo keep my gas driven 2006 Toyota Matrix for as long as pisdible…