On three different trips around China, the Nio ET7 traveled in excess of 650 miles on a single charge to prove how efficient semi-solid state battery tech is
Exactly. Nobody needs 1000 km of range outside of a few very niche cases. What we need right now are small affordable EVs. Luckily some of those are coming but there’s still a long way to go.
Renting a ICE for your road trip is probably a better plan than buy an EV with only that use case in mind. Renting a truck the day you have to haul shit is a better idea than driving a truck everyday.
People need to stop shopping for a vehicle based on the .01% task and focus on how they drive 99.9% of the time.
Yeah, but somehow that seems very hard for many people to grasp. Well, actually, people who buy fat SUVs or trucks mainly do so to show off. They’ll always come up with reasons why they really really need that thing but that’s mostly just rationalizations.
While I agree with everything you said, this is one more “complaint” people have used to not get an EV. I’m happy to have this as an option for people who are afraid to change.
Now make an EV under 1000kg that can do 300km with decent acceleration.
I honestly do not care to drive 1070km all at once.
Exactly. Nobody needs 1000 km of range outside of a few very niche cases. What we need right now are small affordable EVs. Luckily some of those are coming but there’s still a long way to go.
Renting a ICE for your road trip is probably a better plan than buy an EV with only that use case in mind. Renting a truck the day you have to haul shit is a better idea than driving a truck everyday.
People need to stop shopping for a vehicle based on the .01% task and focus on how they drive 99.9% of the time.
Yeah, but somehow that seems very hard for many people to grasp. Well, actually, people who buy fat SUVs or trucks mainly do so to show off. They’ll always come up with reasons why they really really need that thing but that’s mostly just rationalizations.
While I agree with everything you said, this is one more “complaint” people have used to not get an EV. I’m happy to have this as an option for people who are afraid to change.