Battery tech *already is* getting better quickly:
- A facelifted EQA saw range improved from 263 to 345 miles
- The facelifted Taycan has a 35% longer range because of a larger battery (in the same space) -- now at 421 miles
- CATL yesterday announced a new LFP battery with a 600 mile range, up from 400 miles in the old version. LFP was confined to things like buses until three years ago. Now it's in mass use for cars
- Findreams (owned by BYD) are on the cusp of launching Blade 2.0 battery packs, also LFP. It is smaller, lighter and more efficient than Blade 1.0. It also has a 600 mile range
- BMW are building out their Neue Klasse architecture with new batteries -- just the move from prismatic to cylindrical enables substantially better densities which means a range improvement of 30%+
This is going to continue for years ahead, much like chip improvements in the semiconductor industry.
It's exactly the rapid rate of improvement that's meant that I've always got my EVs on finance for the past 9 years:
2015 -- Gen 1 Zoe -- 80 miles(!)
2018 -- Gen 2 Zoe -- 186 miles
2020 -- Gen 3 Zoe -- 245 miles
2024 -- EQA -- 330 miles (I lost some range because I chose a premium version)
Ok...out of all of that you mentioned, I recognized only ONE name...BMW.
I take it you're not in the US?
Those do sound like improvements...let me ask, how long does it take to re-charge one of those improved batteries when they are drained?
Is it on par which how long it takes an ICE car to refuel?
I ask, because a LOT (close to half) of US citizens do not live in a single family dwelling with off street parking that they own and can install a charger for EVs.
That means a lot of people will have to charge and re-charge publicly, and unless you are in CA on the west coast or a large city on the east coast....there simply isn't much out there as far as easily accessible, dependable public facing charge stations.
For the foreseeable future, to get the majority of folks on board in the US, you're gonna need EVs to be extremely close to how ICE vehicles work with regards to refueling away from "home", since it simply is not and will not be an option for millions of folks/families.