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Comment by DoingIsLearning

3 years ago

> That is more an artifact of the physics of electric cars. To get the range the masses want, you need a large, heavy, expensive battery.

Kind of, you can also change the other factors in the equation like that startup building 'Lightyear' with the light weight platform, aerodynamics and with PV panels [0]

[0] https://lightyear.one/lightyear-2

Or the extreme aerodynamics of Aptera which in 3 days [1] claims to "showcase our production-intent design and announce our Launch Edition’s unique specifications and revolutionary capabilities in a livestream webinar."

[1] https://aptera.us/meet-delta/