My understanding is that this is still quite some ways away from commercial mass production.

I certainly hope it would be a game changer, although there are already fairly good plant-based meat analogs, so I question how many additional people will switch after cultured cell meat initially goes on the market.

I personally would bet the real game changer will be when good lab-grown or plant-based alternatives become significantly cheaper than animal body flesh. Maybe choices like Beyond/Impossible will get there before cultured meat does.

But anyway getting the green light from FDA is good news.

anything about rhinos gets an upvote from me ⬆️

Now that's some uplifting news

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If only such a thing was legal in my country, Portugal. I fuckin hate how fuckin complex modern cars are nowadays, give me the way to simplify an already simple old truck to last even longer, it's not even a matter of being eco friendly, modern cars are boring and electric motors are not.

It's bizarre to me that it seems to have extended to real life. People seem to think French/Parisians are snobby and rude, which in my experience isn't true at all.

Absolutely stellar!

I love manual transmissions, but it’s my understanding that they are pretty pointless on an electric motor because you don’t really have the same concept of a power band like you do on ICE cars. Even worse the sheer torque of electric engines can make them a liability.

My guy something tells me they weren't foaming at the mouth to have you

For low production volume it's easier/cheaper to use a close enought ratio from an already existing gearbox than designing a new one just for the engine/rear end combinaison.

Most people who does this kind of conversion themself tend to chose one good gear ratio and lock the gearbox to only use this gear without à clutch, the motor straight on the input shaft.

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Rhinocereee.

They picked 2035 based on the advice of climate scientists. Biden's proposal of 2050 is way too late. 2035 is achievable.

Let’s go for two years!

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I don’t know how or why Toyota put a manual transmission in an electric car, but if they ever sell even a semi affordable ae86 electric car in the states I will sell both my kidneys to buy both it and a dialysis machine.

This is outdated information. There are multiple companies working on it right now. Redwood Materials is currently constructing a $3.5 billion dollar recycling facility near Reno that will produce enough materials for 1 million E.V. batteries by 2025 and 5 million by 2030. And that’s just one plant from one company. The company is also finalizing plans for an east coast facility as well.

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Well those aren't french anyway. They speak French. It seems to be an anglos world thing maybe a bit Italian.We do like Italians though.

Cool, but Toyota doesn't just sell cars in Japan

They can be, but nobody is really doing it. Cause it's cheaper to just buy the materials.

A lot of batteries are shipped of to be recycled, but aren't really recycled.

Some recycle a bit for pr purposes. The government's have to force them to do it, else it won't happen.

The US EV infrastructure is pathetic. And prone to vandalism by right-wing fatheads. And as noted, batteries aren't where they should be.

Haha I can still never get over that boat.

In the 70s Nissan sold in the US under the name Datsun but the engines were labeled “Nissan”.