I’ve been hearing the promise of EV batteries for over 10 years, and it’s always the idea that they’ll be improved by factors of 2 or 3 times. Years later, same promise, and no real results. FACT is that, there is only so much that a battery can be improved, and we might be now at the max of how much a battery can do.
But, why insist on producing a product that the vast majority of people reject? It’s not as if EVs are new and people will somehow and eventually get to love them. They are not like computers, where people never had them before some 30 years ago, and learned to love them and use them and need and want them. EVs are competing against liquid fuel vehicles, and as of today, there isn’t a single EV that is more cost-effective than an ICE car that is of comparative size and comparatively equipped. EVs have been tried for over 100 years, and they’ve failed to take hold, and there is nothing different this time around.
For sale, new car for $100,000. 200 mile range (depending on terrain and temperature as well as use of air conditioning or heater), decreasing over time. Rechargeable, but it might take a few hours or overnight. Replacement battery will be required sometime after 5 years in order to keep range within 50% of original specs, and will only cost you $5000. No dealerships for repairs or parts available. Do not let battery levels go to zero or your car will become a large brick.
Why insist that everyone has to like exactly the same things you like? The increase in battery capacity is a real thing, and is driven by mobile phone technlogy. Mobile phones have made cheaper, more capable desktop machines possible as well, but given the choice, people tend to spend more money to get the mobile phone or an update to an existing one.