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I don't understand long range electric cars. Why should I carry the whole battery if I'm commuting 50 km on a typical day? A smaller and lighter battery would m
by russianGuy83829 4y ago
I don't understand long range electric cars. Why should I carry the whole battery if I'm commuting 50 km on a typical day? A smaller and lighter battery would make the car more efficient. If I need a roadtrip, I'm happy to plug in an extra "battery pack", which would otherwise power my home, for example.
- jacquesm 4y agoManaging two smaller packs is a lot less efficient than managing one big one, also the wear-and-tear on smaller packs will be substantially worse because you're going to end up depleting that one much further even on a shorter trip shortening the life of the pack. And because not all of the cells degrade at the same rate you then have the problem of no longer being able to set those cells in parallel to the ones in the rest of the pack.