I’m fairly new to looking into EVs at all, so I don’t have a lot of experience with it. But lately, it seems like there is a continuous slew of significant changes in the pipeline.

For example:

  • Many Non-Tesla companies are switching from CCS chargers to NACS chargers
  • Non-Tesla Charging Network seems to be constantly undergoing changes regardless.
  • Solid State battery vehicles are apparently being released in China
  • Toyota is planning for Solid State battery mass production in 2027 - 2028

For someone who is considering getting an EV, is it better to just wait while things stabilize? Or is this historically just something that happens continuously (I.e. I could wait 5 years, but there could be some other major change happening by then). There’s generally advances across the entirety of the automotive industry, but the magnitude of the changes seem far more substantial in EVs. For example, no advance in ICE vehicles short of the introduction of hybrids could really have had the same impact on range that a solid-state battery would for EVs.

  • paulwesterbergBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You could wait, but then you would have to drive a fossil car in the meantime.

    I’ve been driving EVs for over 10 years now. The experience is just so much better. Go take some test drives if you are not sure.

  • DystopianFuture2035BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The mythical 1200km of range from Toyota solid state batteries is not really that big of a deal. We also need SIGNIFICANT efficiency increase for range like this. If we assume 16kWh/100km that would mean 192kW battery. Great, but not really, the bigger problem is how to transfer this much energy into a battery like this in reasonable time.

    For me personally, 500km of range at 140km/h (0-100%), plenty of quick charging and 0-100% in 30 minutes will be the peak of EV and I will get one.