{"id":12435,"date":"2023-07-07T13:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/?p=12435"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:04:22","slug":"obsession-ev-range-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pditechnologies.com\/external-resource\/obsession-ev-range-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"The Obsession with EV Range Is All Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;When Americans are asked why they haven\u2019t yet switched to an electric car, there is one answer that appears more than almost everything else: range. Charging an electric car, after all, isn\u2019t like filling a tank with gas; fast charging takes at least 20 minutes, and slower charging can take hours. People worry about getting stranded, or having to vie for a charger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So automakers have started producing ever more gigantic batteries, using large caches of minerals to satisfy the American need for distance. This year, one EV on the market \u2014 the sleek $140,000 Lucid Air Grand Touring \u2014 boasts a whopping 516-mile range. Toyota recently announced that it had achieved a breakthrough with solid-state battery technology, saying it will soon be able to produce electric cars that can go 746 miles on a single charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But some analysts say that all that range \u2014 and all that battery \u2014 misses the point, and wastes resources. Only 5 percent of trips in the U.S. are longer than 30 miles. The vast majority of big batteries will never be used \u2014 particularly if the owner has a place to plug in their car every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2023\/07\/07\/ev-range-anxiety-battery-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more at The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When Americans are asked why they haven\u2019t yet switched to an electric car, there is one answer that appears more than almost everything else: range. Charging an electric car, after all, isn\u2019t like filling a tank with gas; fast charging takes at least 20 minutes, and slower charging can take hours. 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