[thephyber]

“Rule of thumb” is a heuristic, which is necessarily inaccurate.

My only EV was a 1Gen Nissan Leaf, which is a perfect example of the EV that violates your assumptions.

[twodave]

I don’t think the first gen leaf is what parent had in mind when referring to “modern EVs”…

[thephyber]

Which is why I commented — because there was a blind spot to their point.

I interpret “modern EV” as an EV in the 2010+ era (as opposed to the original EVs from the 1880s-1910s, which were not modern) which were made for streets / commuting (as opposed to golf carts / theme park cars, which have been around for many decades). And I don’t think I’m alone when using this framing.

[therealdrag0]

1. A lot has changed in 15 years.

2. Old leaf batteries are popular with the modding community. I have friends who who’ve done ICE to EV car conversions using old leaf batteries that still work fine.