No mention of pricing in the article ; how much does a battery manufacturer have to pay to source NMC from the "traditional" sources ? How much does the "recylced" version costs ?

(I don't know where you can get that type of infos, and neither SEs no LLMs help, so I must be missing the right keywords :/ )

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bityard 5 days ago | parent [-]

I've often thought of the difference between science and engineering as, "can we do it?" Vs "how much will it cost to do it?"

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fuzzfactor 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I sometimes split it up a little further.

Science, "can it even be done?"

Engineering, "can we do it?"

Business, "what's it going to cost? can we afford it?"

Marketing, "what can we sell it for?"

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phtrivier 5 days ago | parent [-]

Sales: "we already sold it for December, it will be ready, right ?"

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		Consultant (present for 3 seconds at start of project): "Delivered first commercial system for X revolutionizing Y market."

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chasd00 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Engineering is the science of “good enough”.

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		The most important lesson I got from 5 years of Engineer School was the Pareto principle a.k.a. The 80-20 rule
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