On 2021-05-20, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
williamwright wrote:
By the time we are forced to EVs, they will be available with the same
range as any current diesel car. In other words, as far as any normal
person would wish to travel in one day by car.


****ing hell! Mystic Meg speaks!

Have you not noticed the increase in range in the short time EVs have been
around? And think it impossible it will get even better?

Sure, it will get better, and will (have to be) good enough, as it's been
decided that this is the way we're going, and a lot of people are going to
make a lot of money from the tech. refresh, even if the end result makes
us worse off.

A big problem is that people see the enormous advances in computers (CPU speeds,
storage capacity, network speeds), and think the same advances will happen to
batteries. Unfortunately a 100% increase in battery capacity¹ would be a major
breakthrough, we need 1000% ^ n (cf. kilobit megabit gigabit network speeds).

¹(or charge time/life time/weight/cost, or whatever other metric is important)

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Ian

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