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xoatoday at 1:59 PM1 replyview on HN

>I can't really judge whether 1000 charges is a reasonable target for a car

I mean, if "charges" is "full charge" and the battery pack does even 200 miles of range then that'd be 200,000 miles right? And more like 250-300+ miles seems like a spreading target as energy density ticks upwards.

Honestly that's more than I've ever put on any single individual car or truck I've owned, and well into the point where I'd be expecting to put real money into engine and other work for an ICE. Sure more is better but if a battery pack can go 200k-300k miles keeping 90% range that doesn't feel unreasonable at all for non-commercial usage. Taxis and so on with much higher utilization may find value in alternative options of course.


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NetMageSCWtoday at 3:20 PM

That’s also a 1,000 fast charges, which shouldn’t be relevant to non-commercial users.