• Sestren@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    For daily use, sure - but it completely excludes itself as an option for road trips in the US and parts of Canada. There’s a stretch of interstate road near me with nearly a 100 mile gap between service stations.

    I know that this isn’t the purpose of this battery, but it’s a valid reason why a lot of people might be hesitant to buy one. Many people can’t afford multiple vehicles for different purposes. You have the car you drive to work with, and if you happen to go on a trip you just use the same thing.

    Maybe 99% of use occurs within constraints that this battery can handle, but if you can only afford one vehicle, then this is still a pretty suboptimal option. That being said… it could still be cheap enough to not matter. I didn’t see any mention of price in that article.

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        11 months ago

        That’s not how car sales work. People want EVs without major downsides. Until that’s what’s available we won’t be see EVs surpass 10% market share.

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          11 months ago

          I know, people are not willing to comprises for the good of the planet. That’s why we’re so fucked.

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            11 months ago

            They should raise the driving age to 30. Then people would understand what a privilege driving really is.

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      11 months ago

      A solution to this would be an extra expansion battery that you could buy or rent as an add-on only when needed.

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      11 months ago

      Just use Communauto for those once a quarter out of town trips.

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      11 months ago

      It seems to me that car in the article is relatively small city car. I can imagine that building bigger car with inter city travels in mind would also include an improved range.