[cmcclellan]

They should have invented Li-ion batteries as well. What were they thinking…

[ffgjgf1]

I would have just went directly to fusion..

[shmerl]

They could focus on battery technology more for sure and much sooner than they did. Demand didn't drive it until much later primarily because they thought that combustion engine is good enough.

First electric cars existed already in 19th century by the way.

[ffgjgf1]

> They could focus on battery technology more for sure and much sooner than they did

How? That would have required massive investment not backed by any rational reason.

Only way ICE cars wouldn’t have won is if governments had decided to ban them, which would have been absurd.

[TeMPOraL]

That's still 19 centuries too late. They had simple batteries in ancient times; they should've doubled down on that back then. /s