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Old 11-10-2023, 02:34 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
That said, this is likely a $60 - $100K truck depending on trim so adding $4000 in extra battery cells to allow ridiculous HP figures isn't likely to effect sales much.
Bigger battery gives many advantages, so it's always tempting to go for more. The most obvious temptation to go bigger is to add range. But then since the battery is bigger, it's relatively trivial to increase the horsepower. You also get stronger regen. Faster charging. So, you weigh all those positives against the constraints of cost, weight, and volume.
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