Agreed, those greatly impact the cost of range.
Remember the old Pollock joke: the Poles have announced a manned mission to the sun. When it was suggested the space capsule would burn up as it approached the sun, the spokesman said - simple, we’ll go at night.
This guy probably thought that was a good plan.
Somebody is going to have to make a bunch more wall outlets for this electric car prediction to work (that is where electricity comes from, right?)