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We are trying to reduce usage as well, it’s just not as obvious.
Like sure, if you wanna say no more cars, it’s not happening at that level, but all the chemistry improvements that increase the efficiency of the batteries is still a reduction.
We’ve reduced our need for Cobalt, some battery chemistries don’t even use it anymore.
I think we’re still settling in on what is the ideal range of a car for cost vs range, but we’ll reach a point where an increase in performance leads to a reduction in cells used.
Solid state batteries will be a huge jump on that front sometime in the next decade probably.
I’m still baffled by the quantity of non rechargeable replaceable batteries out there. I have an automatic soap dispenser, it uses rechargable AA. But you know there are people out there still buying single use ones and swapping them multiple times a year.
I’m close to exclusively using rechargeables, but some items simply can’t get enough voltage.