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> Battery weight will really need to go down. And/or the cars could be much smaller and more efficient like the Aptera [1] which uses about 1/2 as much energy/
by UncleOxidant 5y ago
> Battery weight will really need to go down.
And/or the cars could be much smaller and more efficient like the Aptera [1] which uses about 1/2 as much energy/mile (100Wh/mile) than a Tesla does (220 Wh/mile). Much of that is due to being more aerodynamic, but also due to being lighter. Which means you don't have to carry as much battery weight around to get the same range.
[1] https://aptera.us/ https://aptera.us/
- oblio 5y agoTheir vehicle might be light but their website froze my desktop Firefox... On a more serious note, that's a 2 seater with a small trunk, from what I see. Good luck getting mass adoption for it. Plus it looks more like a prototype, and we've seen thousands of those. By the time it gets into production it will need to add extra safety and comfort features which will add weight.
- UncleOxidant 5y agoYep, it's a two seater. For a lot of us a two-seater is all we need for like 99.9% of all of our trips. Also, you can get a surprising amount of groceries into that thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWukO5TLssM&t=14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWukO5TLssM&t=14s
- oblio 5y agoWell, I wish them luck. Unfortunately, there's also another factor, and people are sensitive to this stuff. To me, it looks ugly. Plus, I'm obviously thinking: if their form factor is so revolutionary, why has nobody used it? Though technically we had similar looking stuff, wheel arches were super popular during the 30s. What did they discover that literally every other major car maker didn't? That form factor went away for a (presumably solid) reason.
- UncleOxidant 5y ago> To me, it looks ugly In the eye of the beholder. I think it looks like a space car from the future.