Gasoline is 45MJ/kg. Lithium ion is ~0.5MJ/kg. Gasoline is ~100X energy dense compared to Li-ion batteries. It’s fundamentally very hard for batteries to come

Gasoline is 45MJ/kg. Lithium ion is ~0.5MJ/kg. Gasoline is ~100X energy dense compared to Li-ion batteries. It’s fundamentally very hard for batteries to come anywhere close to hydrocarbon fuels. One is pushing electrons around with anode/cathode, while hydrocarbon fuels are breaking the chemical bonds to release energy. Intense electron gradient is pretty hard to achieve per unit mass. Electrons love their protons.