Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "EV's covered in solar imminent as Perovskite solar cells set new world record" video.

  1. This tech could get to the point where it's going to get plastered everywhere because of how cheap it can be done. I'm already hearing about how solar can be used on your drive way, or on the entire house from roof to walls, whiles looking like a normal house and as we know, it could become the same for EV cars where the entire outer surface, including the windows could be solar, that and the advancement of solar and battery tech could make our house a small power station that could provide all our energy needs and for the most part, it could provide a EV car with free energy, as long as you don't use the car a lot, and even then, if the battery capacity is big, it could work well even for long trips. A lot of smaller things like remote controls, keyboards, mouse, gamepads, headphones and countless other small devices could be powered by solar, that you never or rarely have to charge them up as these devices don't use that much power that it could work well indoors where clearly we don't get direct sunlight. Longevity is going to be key for perovskite, until that issue is solved, none of what I said above will be achievable, or at least not cheaply enough.
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  2. Yes and no, they have a conflict of interest in that they sell batteries, this kind of tech would reduce the need for as many batteries in a lot of areas, which would also reduce the price they can sell batteries at. So a new company or one that doesn't have a conflict of interest needs to do that. Still, Tesla will get onboard once rivals have forced their hand but for now, I count they want to harm the high price they sell their batteries for which this kind of tech would have a negative impact on how many batteries to need for a car or a house and so on.
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