<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>vhcr</author><text>Batteries don&amp;#x27;t have bigger capacities because people want to carry them inside of planes, which have a limit of 100Wh, the MacBook Pro has a 99.6Wh battery.</text><parent_chain><item><author>torginus</author><text>I just don&amp;#x27;t get why don&amp;#x27;t they put it in consumer electronics first. You need big volume for supplying EVs, and having a $1000&amp;#x2F;kWh pricetag would be prohibitive for even premium EVs as it would cost $100k for a 100kWh battery alone, but would be totally OK for an $1000 laptop, as it would cost $100 for a 100Wh battery.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Samsung to Mass-Produce Solid-State Batteries for &apos;Super Premium&apos; EVs</title><url>https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-to-mass-produce-solid-state-batteries-for-super-premium-evs-by</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>maximus-decimus</author><text>Since they care more about reducing laptop thickness by 1mm that adding battery, I just don&amp;#x27;t see laptop manufacturers be interested in this. Even if they did, they would just make the laptops even thinner instead of increasing capacity. Apple just won&amp;#x27;t be satisfied until you can use your ipad as a kitchen knife.</text><parent_chain><item><author>torginus</author><text>I just don&amp;#x27;t get why don&amp;#x27;t they put it in consumer electronics first. You need big volume for supplying EVs, and having a $1000&amp;#x2F;kWh pricetag would be prohibitive for even premium EVs as it would cost $100k for a 100kWh battery alone, but would be totally OK for an $1000 laptop, as it would cost $100 for a 100Wh battery.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Samsung to Mass-Produce Solid-State Batteries for &apos;Super Premium&apos; EVs</title><url>https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-to-mass-produce-solid-state-batteries-for-super-premium-evs-by</url></story>