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It's absurd to me that the new norm in EVs is to pack 90-100 kWh in a car. With this amount of capacity, I could run my house for almost two weeks (8kwh/day).
Lets build and maintain a proper charging nework so we don't have to buy batteries that last 600km/400 miles.
With good charging options, 50kwh should be enough for most people.
I bought a Model 3 in 2019 with a 50 kWh battery and can confirm that 50 kWh is more than enough for the average person given that efficiency is up to par.
It is now 5 years later and the 50 kWh Model 3 is still the most efficient EV.
Since then everyone just slapped bigger and bigger batteries onto their cars to get larger range numbers, driving up price and reducing efficiency.
I'm excited that we finally see an EV that values efficiency again with the Aptera.
The Aptera looks very interesing and futuristic. I'm not sure that this car will find enough buyers though...
Hopefully they sell enough to make it to Europe, would love to drive one.
It looks so cool, would really love to try it. But if I'd buy an EV, it would probably be something like the Citroen E-C3, starting at 25.000€.
That's a pretty good price for 44 kWh. Efficiency is not the best and it shows that they used the same base as for their combustion engine cars. Looks like a solid car if the range is enough for somebody.