Comment by amalgamated_inc
3 years ago
But the only 800v cars are the extreme upper end of the price scale even for EVs. I think currently it is only the Lucid Air and the Porsche Taycan, both extreme luxury even in the expensive EV segment. And the infrastructure for non-Teslas just isn't there. The state of charging infrastructure sans Tesla's Supercharger network is really, really bad in the US right now, to the point that major EV influencers are just straight up recommending not yet switching to an EV just because of this.
I'm talking 1/2 of the stations broken/bricked on average, another 1/4 not delivering at all or not delivering the promised (250kW+) output, so you're stuck with 50kW in the middle of nowhere and your 20 minute stop now takes you 2.5h with no amenities around.
Check the Out of Spec channel on Youtube for frequent updates on this type of stuff.
The Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are both 800v charging too.
Oh, thanks for the correction, I knew I was forgetting someone. Yea, those 2 (same car I believe, just rebadged?) are supposed to be pretty awesome. And at low $40k entry level they're maybe not priced cheap, but cheap-ish in the EV world, especially for vehicles with 800v systems!
What does a Lucid get you over these? 1,000HP. Does anyone really need that? So why pay 4x the price?
> And at low $40k entry level they're maybe not priced cheap, but cheap-ish in the EV world
I mean we're talking EV cars here, and comparing with Tesla. The cheapest Model 3 you can get out the door is $47K. So they're "cheaper than EVERY Tesla".