@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoElectric bikes are about to get more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worsewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down135
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year ago5-8% per year is a doubling every 9-15 years. This is not a small change. That means we’ve doubled at least once since the first Tesla Roadster.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 year agoWe haven’t doubled at all over the past 15 years, though. That’s completely false. Not in capacity or cycles.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey have doubled in capacity: https://rockymntstage.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/slide-2-battery-charts.png
5-8% per year is a doubling every 9-15 years. This is not a small change. That means we’ve doubled at least once since the first Tesla Roadster.
We haven’t doubled at all over the past 15 years, though. That’s completely false. Not in capacity or cycles.
They have doubled in capacity: https://rockymntstage.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/slide-2-battery-charts.png