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NASA’s incredible new solid-state battery pushes the boundaries of energy storage: ‘This could revolutionize air travel’::“We’re starting to approach this new frontier of battery research."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes that notably cheap Japanese and German labor is going to undercut Boeing.

[–] Hazdaz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Japan has access to lots of cheap labor in Asia, and the Germans have Eastern Europe which has salaries a fraction of what Germans get.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Which is becoming rather untrue more and more. An good engineer in Wrocław costs about the same as in Germany. So many factories and offices there, it's hard to find people...

Source: am German, have a competing plant in Poland near Wrocław