jonny5
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Range, range, range; that is not the end-all be-all to BEV marketing. Auto makers realize that, and are focusing on price-point as a function of range...they are looking towards getting eV's into economy car markets, and understand that those who cannot afford luxury car prices are also those who travel little and can't afford to.
More economical Lithium Nickle batteries with ranges closer to the 100-mile mark in cars priced under $20K are on the table, and will have a lot of appeal to the mass market as an entry point into electrics. A lot of us neither need nor want to pay for mega-batteries; my review the trip summaries for the past year (you can pull up a record of trips on a Tesla), there are no excursions over 60 miles away, with most under 20 miles.
The beauty of an eV is it's so simple to upgrade; a battery, a motor, and the entire drive mechanism can be easily replaced. Standardized across the industry (yes, they're planning that) power-pack modules will make interchanging and replacing batteries as technically feasible as the AA's in the wife's vibrator. Even if batteries are life-limited, the cars they go in will not be. The biggest reasons used eV cars will hit the bone yard will be wrecks and rust, not a clapped-out drive trains.
But its all unnecessary. You spend more money, get less car. And dont even help the environment given the damage producing the car does and the fact electricity comes from fossil fuel. Electric cars are still ahead of their time.