S.C. Pee Dee Battery Plant: Deader Than a Doornail

Let’s see – this issue is 18 months old and Carolina is now 4 and 3 after the “Beamerball Implosion” article 1 month ago and not a word…

Now as for these “EV” related plants. ‘Merica still isn’t ready to commit to EVs. Since the end of the federal giveaways, EV sales have been flat at about 1.5 million units a year. 89% of all new vehicles sold in the US are internal combustion or at best (incredibly, stupidly, complex) hybrids. The US accounts for almost 20% of the 97,000,0000 personal vehicle sales worldwide. Until you fix the charge time problem for BEVs, internal combustion/hybrid will continue to amount to 70+% of total personal vehicle sales and manufacturers will continue to bambozzle governments for support to build “state of the art drive train power facilities” that fail to live up to the hype. I just bought a new (to me) Subaru, takes 8 minutes to fill, goes 400 miles on a fill up and gets better than 30 miles to the gallon on the highway. My buddy with the super-duper Tesla can go 300ish miles (without risking battery damage) and takes 8 hours to charge at home OR, he can drive around looking for a super charger that can damage his battery bank when charging in the heat (we live in South Carolina dumb ass) or the cold (they love to ski).