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Originally Posted by EAGLE5
Also most people need maybe 150 miles of range to cover 99% of driving days. Do you buy your car for the 1% of times? I don't.
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I absolutely agree with you, but where do you decide the decision point is?
How often do you drive with 4, 3 or 2 persons in the car? Is the right 90% solution really motorcycle? (I drive alone in the FRS about 99.8% of the time).
Same with range. Even with my longer than average commute I only need 45 miles of range probably 95% of the time as my commute is 40 miles, I can charge at both home and work, and that allows for a 10% buffer. So, there's my commuting miles covered at 400 miles per week.
Yet, it's also not unusual for me to take a 50 to 800 mile round trip over the weekend once or twice a month. That'll be fun (never mind impossible) with a 45 mile range car. (Although it would have been a perfect scenario for a Volt).
To me, the EV "sweet spot" would be not to have a battery back that could take a car 1,000 miles, but to have the tech to carry a vehicle 300 miles, and charge to 80% in under 15 minutes on a dc charger. To do that, we need the current battery capacity to double in the same foot print, then reduce it size in half, lightning the car and reducing charging time. It's coming though
I was skeptical at first, but I can see that it is very possible we'll have that by 2030 or before. I've said all along I don't care what powers my car, dead dinosaurs, dead dinosaurs turned into electricity, or unicorn tears, as long as i get in it it the morning point it in a direction and go without having to worry about where I'm going to refuel, or having to plan my day around that event.