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Let's be real here.

If you live in any kind of cold-ish climate (below 10C) and want comfort, imagine a super common scenario:

- heating on

- air temperature below 10C

- highway speeds, so a steady speed of ~130kmph

- car costing less than €30k

Well, guess what, there are barely any EVs costing less than €30k in Europe, and even if there were, their range would be 200km or less under those conditions.

I’ve found that the range of my EV is overkill in summer and about right in winter. I live in Minnesota, USA where the winters tend to be cold.

First time I encountered range and overkill in the same sentence. Does your car contain breakthrough battery technology? Solid state maybe? Also, is electricity plenty cheap where you charge?

I agree with the previous commenter. If you level 2 charge at home you have to drive a pretty preposterous distance to ever have range issues. Road trips are another story, but they are infrequent.

I believe that such additional capacity will also be very well received by the ongoing hybrid airplane projects.