The whole beef about oil is burning the stuff that causes toxic pollution Using oil for lubrication is not an issue. Why do people not understand the difference? Maybe they should think before posting

He left Microsoft recently

He left Microsoft revently and cofounded a startup

I think he left Microsoft a short while ago

Thanks for the laugh. Nothing like some over exaggerated Fox News prejudice.

Regardless of the merits of this action, why are there so many morons out there who think some other countries laws should apply in every other country?

"Cuba is entering into voluntary servitude" - how does that work? There is no fuel to keep buying from China once the panels have been purchased and installed unlike having to buy fossil fuels from Russia or Venezuela forever?

How much to refuel and maintain every couple of years when nuclear gets shutdown for weeks/months to perform those tasks?

The current price might be similar at the moment because its early adopter time and the supply chains are still not as comprehensive as the lithium yet.

It'll be marginally less compact, they are fitting sodium batteries to cars in china so it can't be much larger

"They don't come with AC at $30k?? " - where on earth did you get that idea? Can't see anything like that in the posters comment

Lamp post chargers work fine. you are supposing everyone charges their car every day and that would be a problem with limited lamp posts. but a lot of people charge once a week/2 weeks. You need to get some more info on EV charging, the cables are locked into the car and the charger.

"toxic pits China has where they make those batteries" - funny, i thought that they were made in high tech factories using lots of automation.

Stick a battery into the mix and charge that instead and run some things off that

Maybe Gates should put his money into this project and get a power plant in a container