[peter422]

I think the current assumption that every electrical car needs to have 300+ mile range is going to eventually break and stop this false line of thinking.

In the future there will be a variety of cheaper EVs with shorter ranges which will both lower demand for battery resources while also achieving climate change goals.

Car batteries will also undoubtedly be critical parts of the electrical grid in 5-10 years, so they'll be doing double duty.

[olyjohn]

There already are cheaper EVs with shorter ranges. They have been around for years.

* Nissan Leaf * Fiat 500e * Honda E * Ford Focus EV * VW Golf e-something * BMW i3

These are all fine cars that get you from A->B as well as any of the $100,000+ EVs that seems to be all over the road. They all have ranges that will get 95% of the population to work.