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by pastword 875 days ago
Apart from the inconvenience of the time it takes to charge and the failure of battery pack swapping that the Model S supported, most people don't need even 200 miles of range in everyday life. On long trips, there is already a massive network of charging stations throughout CONUS that the only problems will be edge-cases of remote areas limited to RV shore power circuits, e.g., 120 V 30 A (2.9 kW to car) or 240 V 50 A (9.6 kW to car). While finding a 48A L2 NACS portable charger is a $$ and a PITA, it's doable.