Is the Actual Life of the Batteries Predictable?

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Batteries could be 15 years pretty easily. Maybe even 20 yearsr for some of the longer live batteries. So we don't know yet, because they've been in the field. Younow, this is all much moreer mystic than trying to predict vehicle sales or something like that. I was going to get the pla, but ias ik yo know, i want the long range more so it's easier to go to alla and taho and yoo. Not even think about the battery. If those degrade even 50 %, the batteries, you'd still be at 200 milesso.

In a short news segment, Jason talks about a company that tried to sell "fantasy startup investing" NFTs and why they had to pivot (1:44). Jason gives a brief tribute to Steve Jobs (15:48). Then, he's joined by JB Straubel, Tesla's longtime CTO who stepped down in 2019 to found a new lithium-ion battery recycling company, Redwood Materials(22:08). JB and Jason discuss the early launches and setbacks at Tesla, overcoming challenges, and the possibilities created by battery recycling. To close out the show, we play a clip of Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (1:20:15).