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by itsoktocry 1329 days ago
>of around 3500 kilometers is very, very doable.

...with EV market share at small single digits.

It's easy to imagine from some tech-utopian perspective, but scaling that up isn't straight-forward, and we don't know how the business or subsidization should work, or how much infrastructure needs to be rebuilt. Remember, EVs are far heavier than equivalent ICEs.

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Surely it will get easier as it scales up. There are charging stations in spite of the low number of EVs.

I don't think any infrastructure will need to be rebuilt. EVs aren't that heavy. Certainly not as heavy as many vans.

> Remember, EVs are far heavier than equivalent ICEs. So, what's your point? They are heavier, but that weight is recuperated. Unlike ICE cars the distance they travel does, for example, not depend significantly on load.