[throwaw2934238]

I also think these cars would be great, and have a lot of peoples needs covered, me for example. I don't understand this sentiment in the debate of electric cars, how all of them need to cover the most extreme edge case of long mileage users, and if they don't, the whole idea should be scrapped. Why? Let's build a few different cars with different ranges to suit peoples different needs, what's the problem with that, I don't understand why there is such a black and white reasoning around this.

[SideburnsOfDoom]

> I don't understand why there is such a black and white reasoning around this.

There is black-and white reasoning about this because the maths around "what is the surface area of the car, how much charge can it generate and how far can it go on that charge" is also black-and white. And not favourable.

As the other reply says, this is not "the debate of electric cars"; this is the debate about this specific electric car design, with the solar panels on the car.

[majewsky]

You're misrepresenting the current argument. This is not about "electric cars will never be viable", the current argument is "this particular electric car has significant downsides and nearly no advantages compared to existing electric cars".

[Qwertious]

>You're misrepresenting the current argument.

It's not talking about the current argument. It's saying the current argument shares the property of arguing against the use-cases of people outside the target demographic.

People who argue "electric cars will never be viable" (and not anyone in this thread) commonly complain about lack of supercharging speed, despite that being a feature that most people (and all initial adopters) will only use once or twice a year, if ever. This will not be a problem for a long time, as right now only ~1% of car users have an EV and that won't be a major problem until we start running out of ICE car-owning EV buyers who don't need that, which is at least at the 50% mark.

[fomine3]

Agreed but it's partially due to EV manufacturer/fan's advertisement. They should say that what you need is just plug in at home for most days, rather than supercharging.