The first electric cars had to be light weight and made of carbon fiber and aluminum to get around the lack of battery capacity and high costs. Now we have the

The first electric cars had to be light weight and made of carbon fiber and aluminum to get around the lack of battery capacity and high costs. Now we have the ability to make more affordable high density batteries and companies are competing on who can put the largest battery in the car, and just scaling capacity up as the vehicle gets heavier. Jevons paradox in action.