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300 miles is a far too limited range for me

One more thing about those batteries there needs to be a plan to deal with those very toxic buggers when they go bad, because they go bad.



Good points. My using Tesla as an example was merely to show that there is great potential there. Most other battery EV's are only getting 80-100 miles per charge, Tesla now gets almost 300. It is possible, and the new 4 door passenger car is about the price of a mid-range Mercedes, so it is within the reach of some people already. And 300 miles will serve the needs of a lot of average people. Yes, range, and more importantly charge time, need to improve. And it is as evidence by the Tesla. And with the amount of private investment in these technologies by MAJOR players (despite Larrys assertion that there isn't), this WILL improve and I don't think we'll be waiting 10-20 years to see it, more like 5. There are also ways to charge them without causing a major disruption to the grid, although after the blackouts we've seen recently, and with pretty much EVERY major weather event, I would say regardless of battery EV's, our grid needs upgrading NOW!

With regard to the batteries, to my knowledge most of them are already being designed with recyclability in mind.