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Topics Discussed:

• No one cares about panel gaps
• We need to shut up about deeply technical aspects of EVs when the average consumer literally doesn't know or care about them
• We need to stop making such a (public) deal about battery chemistries
• No one cares about megacastings
• Solid state batteries will not save us
• Education isn't a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption
• EV weight is and isn't an issue 
• Tesla charger shouldn't become the standard
• Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)
• Battery recycling
• Sedans!
• Return-on-Investment (ROI) doesn't mean anything to most individuals when making vehicle purchasing decisions
• Autonomous driving
• Hydrogen makes zero sense for passenger vehicles and never will
• Other alternative fuel industries have absolutely shot themselves in the foot and it's hard to imagine them recovering in the long term
• The term "zero emission" needs to be abolished
• We both should and shouldn't care so much about public transit in decarbonization efforts
• Marine and rail are important, but not the most pressing need