Stanford research: EV batteries may last 40% longer than we previously thought?

[Brons2]

It will be intersting to see what policies change after 1-20-25. No more wasting $7 billion to build EIGHT EV charging stations, etc.

This has been pretty thoroughly debunked at this time. That said you still see this claim all the time on social media, seems people just can't keep up with the current state of things. I have started calling this a lie when I see it on social media.

It was based on a point in time number of stations that had been constructed at the time the claim was made. Others have noted the current numbers and the speed at which they are coming online.

 

[JeffKeryk]

This has been pretty thoroughly debunked at this time. That said you still see this claim all the time on social media, seems people just can't keep up with the current state of things. I have started calling this a lie when I see it on social media.

It was based on a point in time number of stations that had been constructed at the time the claim was made. Others have noted the current numbers and the speed at which they are coming online.

People will believe just about everything.

 

[Brons2]

People will believe just about everything.

As long as it comes from their chosen information sources, that is. Believe everything from those and deny everything from the 'other side'.

 

[ecotourist]

I'm skeptical of all research papers regardless of my like or dislike of the topic matter.

They are all at best "data points" vs. any kind of whole truth.

You are absolutely correct. A single study is only a data point.

One type of paper reports on a researcher's or a research group's work. These papers are interesting but, as you say, only data points.

Other studies look at all of the research work on a particular topic done to date. The very best ones even search out work that has never been published (the so-called "grey literature"). They then evaluate all of the studies they can find for quality and methodology and (often) reject many or even most of them. Finally the results of the remaining "good studies" are summarized in some fashion, often mathematically. These overview reports are much more valuable. These overview reports are not a summary of everything that has been published to date, but only consider very well conducted studies using very good methodology - the very best stuff.

To give you an idea of the scale, sometimes 100 or 150 or more reports of various kinds have been published, but after review only a half dozen are considered "good quality" and go into the final overview.

The media does no-one any favours by loudly reporting on every study that shows new and possibly controversial results. That study is only a data point. And it might not even make the cut for a "good study".

 

[gfh77665]

People will believe just about everything.

Yeah, kinda like the one "cars are killing the planet".

 

[Torrid]

Yeah, kinda like the one "cars are killing the planet".

Who said that, especially around here? I just got sick of overpaying for gasoline.

 

[Ws6]

Who said that, especially around here? I just got sick of overpaying for gasoline.

Pretty much that. Maintenance is insane too.