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Comment So... chemistry (Score 1) 87

We have a field dedicated to observing the physics of atoms in bulk. It is called chemistry. The underpinnings of chemistry in physics came together at the beginning of the 20th century, and we have developed a pretty solid understanding of it since, along with sub-disciplines that focus on specific large systems. If physicists want to get in on the action, there are probably graduate programs that would be happy to have then being their skills in math, optics, subatomic particles, etc to fields in chemistry.

Comment Re:No thank you. (Score 1) 56

They were going after the fleet market, which seems like a pretty good idea. However, if they weren't able to make a clear demo site that could show value to a large customer with $330M, they are lacking something fundamental. That is either a clear vision of their target, trying to sell to too many customers at once, or straight up fraud/embezzlement. All of those issues come down to poor management, which seems to be par for the course in startups nowadays. It's surprising that the pitch doesn't include AI plastered all over it in inappropriate places.

Comment Charging away from home (Score 1) 169

I think the politics in the US has significantly skewed the deployment of charging infrastructure in the US compared with the other hellhole countries (where the invisible hand is going to set market rates). The grants given out during the last administration mean that it costs a hotel/restaurant/shopping mall nothing to install a few circuits out into their parking lot. They then lease it out to whoever wants to install and maintain the charging point and charge exorbitant rates to the customer. If that company goes out of business, it's no sweat off the property owner's back. In 10 years once the market has stabilized, they get a real company taking it over, or maybe it will be cheap enough to manage themselves. In any case, they get to post on Google & Expedia that their location has EV charging.

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