Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.

  • frezik@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Even if we’re talking road trips, after 4 hours of driving (often much less), you’re going to want to get out, stretch, pee, and get a bite to eat. All stuff that easily takes 20 minutes.

    4 hours at 70mph is 280 miles. Add 20% for not charging all the way (which is faster and is easier on the battery). Add another 20% for cold weather. That gets us to about 400 miles. EVs on the market now are hitting 350 miles, and that number is only going up in the next few years.

    EVs past 350 to 400 mile range only serve a small section of the population that likes to pee in a bottle and eat sandwiches prepared ahead of time so they can go 7 hours at once. Most ICE cars don’t have that kind of range. We don’t need to wait around just to serve this handful of people. In fact, we should keep to around 350-400 miles and use any further advancements to reduce weight.

    • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      True! I’m more at the 2 to 3 hours get out and stretch kinda point in my life. The amount of chargers and the fact that I can’t do it at my apartment is still a deal breaker.