ItsNotAboutTheMoney
Well-Known Member
I'd initially thought about range, but with increased range comes increased charging times. Having extended range that you can't use because you don't want to sit at a charger forever isn't useful.
You have that the wrong way round. More range lowers charging. If it's a bigger battery you can charge it at higher power; if it's better efficiency you get more miles per kWh, so you get more miles with for a given time.
It's simple to me: more Superchargers means more stalls, more coverage, more routes possible, less need to plan. Overall, just massively expands the market.
More range would cut the need for Supercharging, but it doesn't put a Supercharger on the route you want to drive.
More coverage also allows for more rightsizing of batteries, where you balance efficiency and cost of the smaller batteried vehicle against charging speed.