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Hence why I said, newer EVs batteries should have expandable power aftermarket. Make the car good, but let the consumer choose how much range it has after purchase.

Nah, they'll get a Prius Prime which has double the range of any Tesla, and costs around 5k less that the Model 3. Time is money, if your vehicle wastes mine, you wont get my dollar. :cool:

That's all well and good when you have the free time to kill during charges. A lot of people are on a constant state of movement from sun up to sun down, and stopping every 250+ miles to recharge is a lot of downtime that costs you hours of productivity. I'm not talking about retrofitting old...

A 25kwh pack wouldn't take up that much space, even so it wouldn't be that hard to design a more spread out pack that keeps the crumple zone from being negated, and the frunk is already designed to handle the weight. With all the safety features of the model S, worrying about front end...

Actually, with solid state batteries, there wouldn't be a need for high-speed swapping stations because the batteries will charge insanely fast. We're around 5-10 years before they will be viable in cars, but the time it would take to build such a battery swapping infrastructure would be a waste...

I couldn't agree more. The model S is supposed to be able to haul 5 adults and two kids. The average adult male in america weighs around 195 lbs and a kid weighs around 50 lbs, so the car should be able to handle an increased load of around 900-1100 lbs. My Prius V has a similar capacity. The...