We have to make a truly, almost unimaginably vast number of cells because sustainable energy is primarily solar and wind. Wind does not always blow and the sun does not always shine so, therefore, we must store the energy in batteries.”
“Tesla should really be measured by how many years we accelerate the advent of sustainable energy. It will happen, with or without Tesla, but the fundamental good is by how many years do we accelerate it.”
The two biggest industries in the world are energy and transport so to shift those two industries to more sustainable energy, there needs to be an ungodly amount of batteries
Large scale manufacturing is between 1,000% to 10,000% harder than making the prototype. “This is something that the average person really has no idea about whatsoever.
It’s kind of like what happened with cigarettes. For the longest time, they were like the science is unclear as to whether cigarettes are bad for your health. And like nope, the science is definitely not unclear.