alt Hacker NewsWhy did they throw away the Soybean/Hemp car patent, in the 1940s?
Soybean car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car
Were they corrupted by oil and war to sell it?
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isnthatveird • today at 6:04 PM
Solid state batteries solve for EV trucks.
The Chevy Silverado EV truck wins at towing but not being towed, FWIU.
They could have won with a bad EV platform to have just used the existing F-150 part streams.
Did GM intentionally or accidentally squander EVs with the EV1?
How could firms encourage EV conversions of trucks in order to get this solved?
Consider that a car made of plastic is something that only works pre-Ralph Nader. Now the NTSB would veto it in milliseconds.