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Originally Posted by aerohead
The physics and thermodynamics seems to be stacked in the EV's favor. ...
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It's an interesting development
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Agreed with all ...
but ... at least for the near future ... it doesn't appear to make sense to outfit the F150 with enough battery to reproduce the gasser range. My F150 will do 1100 km, 690 miles, on the highway with economy mode and cruise enabled. Towing a 5000 lb boat the truck range drops to about half that. I do that 2 times a year, so I can deal with charging multiple times for that trip.
Optimizing for battery size and weight .. is the challenge I see in the near future. OR .. convenient and high-powered charging that I won't be getting here (middle of nowhere Canada) for another 20 years ...OR maybe a Tesla battery as the bed of my trailer. I would not rely on electric charging infrastructure ... many promises but nothing delivered so far
If we can get the range and refueling problems solved ... and there is progress being made ... I am cautiously optimistic.