RE:I am sitting in an brand new LFP model Y You are right not every car will need to go 500km+..
I imagine people will want the option for the longest possible range in some of their vehicles, maybe not the commuter ones, but definitely ones to go on trips in.
At this point I see the whole vehicle market hashing out what zero carbon looks like and what is the cheapest, most practical and gives best value in the long run... heck we may even keep gasoline vehicles around if we can figure out renewable gasoline somehow.
Don't forget, if they don't want to be hypocrites they will want the most environmentally friendly nickel as well to be used in these batteries.. and that's definitely not nickel pig iron, at this point
Does anyone know if there are items/equipment other than batteries that require class 1 nickel? Inconel?