Tesla buried their plans quite a few years back.
And considering how bonkers Elon Musk is to do things differently, it must really have been a cack idea.
£30k will soon buy a family car that can travel 300 miles, on £3 of overnight electricity, and where necessary can recharge those 300 miles in 30 minutes at a roadside charger (ie after 5 hours of driving).
Tesla's Model 3 currently charges at ~190kW from it's latest superchargers (peaking at 250kW initially) but the 300+ mile variant is £47k.
£22k already buys one* that can do 160miles, on £2 of overnight electricity, has low-level autonomous driving, and can recharge ~130 miles in 40 minutes on a 50kW rapid (for SFA in Scotland currently)
Since most EVs charge overnight when demand is lowest on the network (yeah ok solar ain't much cope at night!) the "30 new Hinckleys" is nonsense.
ICE is dying - its death throes will last a couple of decades though.
Last edited by: Lygonos on Sat 16 Nov 19 at 19:49
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