Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable

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Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable
nytimes.com

More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.

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No more than ICEs stay at 95% of the original range at 15 years.

Your argument is based on accepting a hypothetical best case scenario for a random ICE to the worst case scenario for a random EV.

Based on my last two cars apparently being hypothetical best case scenarios, sure.

I look forward to electric cars range continuing to improve, but as long as I live somewhere that range actually matters half of the year I'll take the current ranges as they work in reality into consideration.

Naturally.

Most people appreciate innovation after it becomes common rather than when it becomes practical.

If your 15-year-old cars have the same MPG and have never needed a repair, yes, your cars are performing to a degree that has never been recorded.