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Everyone has different use cases, but moving to a marketplace with a variety of cell types & corresponding tradeoffs (high range/moderate charge rate vs moderat
by steveBK123 5y ago
Everyone has different use cases, but moving to a marketplace with a variety of cell types & corresponding tradeoffs (high range/moderate charge rate vs moderate range/high charge rate, etc) would be great.
Less temperature sensitivity to the range & charge rate would be a huge win.
Otherwise, personally charge rate hasn't been much of a problem because I'm not a big road tripper & have a charger at home.
300mi+ battery means I can drive 2 hours to see my parents & back 2 hours without charging, or drive down 4 hours to see my sister.. which means I'm going to be stopping along the way anyway, and charge 100mi+ while in the rest stop using the restroom, or more if I get a coffee or lunch.
In everyday driving, charge at home off-peak starting 11pm, then its basically irrelevant whether I can unplug at 11:30pm vs 3am.
Charging an EV takes longer, but generally its either at home or at a place you are already doing something else - shopping at Target, getting a coffee at Starbucks, making a pit stop on the highway, etc. Few regular EV drivers just sit in their car for 20min staring into space while they charge.