The Power of Batteries in a Roadster

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Batteries were commercialized in about the year two thousand for lap tops. Sony did that o it was bleeding edge younow then. And three years later, tesslo starts, and, you know, four, five years later, they're building them into the first roadster next to you. Before that, you just couldn't make a modern electric car. You could only do so much with tenicke metal hydrite or let acid batteries. It's such an adventure. I jus feel incredibly proud to have ike, been out of this crazy revolution and been at the right time in history when all this was possible"

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).