[issa]

I feel like this is one area that requires a less extreme approach. It feels silly to forego batteries completely, but equally silly to put 100kW of batteries in a car. Most car trips for most people are going to be well under 50 miles.

[imbusy111]

I have a BMW 330e with 12kWh battery (~20 miles range), mostly drive locally in the city, and the car reports ~55% of driving is electric for the last two months. Occasional longer trips make up the vast majority of non-electric driving.

[issa]

Exactly. 10 electric cars with 20 mile pure-electric range will have a larger impact than 1 electric car with 200 miles.

[imbusy111]

You need to be able to plug it in at home though, even if it's just a regular wall socket. No one is going to go to a charging station for 20 miles of range.

[issa]

in the spirit of the article, hopefully you can plug it in at home to your direct solar!

[1970-01-01]

Just like nobody is buying 8 ounce coffee tumblers, nobody is buying 50 mile range cars. Electricity and coffee is cheap. The coffee tumblers and EV batteries are not. So you buy it bigger than it needs to be, fill it up as far as you can, and maybe share some before refilling.

[issa]

I'm not sure your comment makes sense in the context of the article and my reply. The whole point is that batteries are expensive.