What we need to concentrate on is electrifying the parking lots of apartment buildings and parking garages. Doesn't need to be super-level-10 charging, it really can just be L2 or even L1 chargers.
That will bring a range of EVs to "disadvantaged": scooters, ebikes, blade scooters, skateboards, etc. It will also work for day-to-day driving in PHEVs and city car EVs, which we also desperately need to nudge car companies to start making.
The sodium ion battery EV drivetrain should enable a very very cheap city car. Sodium ion should be 40% the cost of NMC or less, and keep in mind that Tesla likely is at price parity with NMC-EV and ICE drivetrains right now.
That will bring a range of EVs to "disadvantaged": scooters, ebikes, blade scooters, skateboards, etc. It will also work for day-to-day driving in PHEVs and city car EVs, which we also desperately need to nudge car companies to start making.
The sodium ion battery EV drivetrain should enable a very very cheap city car. Sodium ion should be 40% the cost of NMC or less, and keep in mind that Tesla likely is at price parity with NMC-EV and ICE drivetrains right now.