Mind you the article is a future prediction for when the infrastructure surrounding EV is a lot better than it is today!
I think even though the technology will improve and charging will be faster, that around 300 miles could become the sweet spot, for cheap family cars. Maybe even a bit above that.
300+ miles is nice enough for holidays and weekend trips too, a 300 mile battery has almost twice the duration of a 180 mile battery, which is probably needed to be good enough to last the lifetime of the rest of the car, and to be as durable as an ICE car.
Batteries are still getting cheaper, and there is no reason to think that won’t continue for at least a decade more. There will be less reason to make very short range cars, that people generally don’t want.
Bigger batteries have better range (obviously), but also higher durability, and charge faster as in charging at higher watts.
Contrary to Lucid’s CEO I think we will see more cars with higher range, and 4-500 miles range will become the norm for mid-high end cars.
Less than 200 miles will be mostly for people on a tight budget, or people that have more than 1 car. Where the better car will be chosen for mostly any trip that isn’t just local commute.
Especially in countries with high speed roads, the low range of 180 miles will become even lower at high speed, as the range is generally measured at lower speeds, and higher speed use way more battery, and enable longer ranges at shorter time, which will be ruined if you have to stop to charge every hour. Cold winters is also a problem for such short range cars. Meaning there are multiple places where such cars will only be sufficient for shorter daily commutes, and completely lack the versatility we expect from a car.
Mind you the article is a future prediction for when the infrastructure surrounding EV is a lot better than it is today!
I think even though the technology will improve and charging will be faster, that around 300 miles could become the sweet spot, for cheap family cars. Maybe even a bit above that.
300+ miles is nice enough for holidays and weekend trips too, a 300 mile battery has almost twice the duration of a 180 mile battery, which is probably needed to be good enough to last the lifetime of the rest of the car, and to be as durable as an ICE car.
Batteries are still getting cheaper, and there is no reason to think that won’t continue for at least a decade more. There will be less reason to make very short range cars, that people generally don’t want.
Bigger batteries have better range (obviously), but also higher durability, and charge faster as in charging at higher watts.
Contrary to Lucid’s CEO I think we will see more cars with higher range, and 4-500 miles range will become the norm for mid-high end cars.
Less than 200 miles will be mostly for people on a tight budget, or people that have more than 1 car. Where the better car will be chosen for mostly any trip that isn’t just local commute.
Especially in countries with high speed roads, the low range of 180 miles will become even lower at high speed, as the range is generally measured at lower speeds, and higher speed use way more battery, and enable longer ranges at shorter time, which will be ruined if you have to stop to charge every hour. Cold winters is also a problem for such short range cars. Meaning there are multiple places where such cars will only be sufficient for shorter daily commutes, and completely lack the versatility we expect from a car.
Not everywhere is like California.