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Molicel's P60 (INR-21700-P60C) weighs 75 grams and can produce almost a horsepower. A 500 horsepower battery weighs less than 42 kg. It stores 12 kWh.

Batteries are not heavy, range is heavy. Range is the sacrifice and sports cars don't need range.

> See how they brag about a simpler new steering wheel that is 400g lighter?

As if ferrari -as if all sportscar manufacturers- have not done the same always. Replacing door handles with straps is not new.

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The problem is people are conditioned so hard on the "drive till empty then fill up" method of car ownership, that it's totally incomprehensible to imagine not being able to put 300 miles in your car in 5 minutes.

Topping off everyday at home just doesn't register. Driving 7 hours with only one 30 minute charge doesn't register.

It either needs to function like a gas car, or it's not even worth considering.

There are millions of people living in cities that do not own their own home, that cannot charge every day (speaking as an EV enthusiast that rents somewhere that thankfully has public charging across the street). For those that are able to charge at home, there is definitely a mindset shift that needs to happen. I have seen the lightbulb over my friends heads turn on when I ask them how they would like it if their gas cars could fill up 1 gallon per hour at their house, and if so why would they care how long a gas station fill up takes.

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