Rumorpile: Scratch 1.4T Out: Jetta and Beetle To Get 1.8T

Considering that Solid-State batteries are supposed to be 4 times as energy dense, I see no reason for a 50kW battery size of today's battery to not have a 600-mile range as that would then be a 200-kW solid state battery in the size of a 50-kW lithium liquid battery. Yet with that said, the faster charging speed as Drew and I have stated about Solid-State batteries should make much smaller batteries just fine once we have a 5 min charge cycle that people keep swearing all gas autos have which they do not.

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Yeah 440 mile range is excessive.  I think if you offer extended range battery as a stand alone option it is fine, but you should be able to get the standard battery on any trim so they can get the cost down.

Agree, if you have a 5,000 lb EV it is going to be more efficient than a 6,000 lb EV, thus be more efficient.  They could make a 3,000 mile range F150 Lightning right now as long it is pulling a 5,000 lb trailer full of batteries and cost $450,000.   I suspect if they made a solid state Equinox EV for $35,000 with a. 302 mile range and a 600 mile extended range option that was a $15,000 stand alone option, and took away interior space and made 0-60 time longer it would have a worse take rate than manual transmissions do now.  The Cybertruck will be the litmus test for this, I suspect almost no one buys the $15,000 bed mounted battery that takes away half the bed and makes it slower and less efficient.  

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