Thanks, Will. I was wondering what was going on with Redwood and hadn't got around to check.

Priorities and government intervention are important at this stage, before too many designs proliferate, like with cordless tools.

We need mechanical design and interface standards, we need to stop issuing patents on new battery interconnections and make it a standard (like home outlets). Right-to-Repair should come under a law that enforces Duty-to-Repair-and-Recycle. That would eliminate all of the epoxied circuit cards and batteries (in addition to batteries, the high power electronics in motor controllers should be easily repairable, not disposable.

We have to stop letting 'First in' and 'cheapest' designs dominate unsafe practices and monopolistic complexities.

Then, there's also the fact that most electric car use can be done with a 50 mile range (lead-acid or iron-nickel) and easily recycled batteries.

All of this lithium stuff is great for space travel and cordless tools, but we really don't need it in cars. It's just an excuse to keep the petroleum-dominated designs in place out of comfort and convenience without intentional change and planning.