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Don’t full battery packs weigh more than an ICE system? Plus, weight is a minimal factor in efficiency anyway.

Today, a PHEV is the best of all world’s, but full parity for BEVs (in the US) is almost here. Reliable trip charging (NACS, SuperCharger network) and available destination charging will be enough pretty soon.



The weight I'm referring to is the weight of both systems, which is typically heavier than 1 system.

In terms of ev weight overall, it's typically close to ice weight. (Obviously a lot of differences between vehicle class and range).

An ev has motor, batteries, plus controllers. Ice has engine, gearbox, fuel tank, radiator [1], exhaust.

[1] Evs also have a radiator, but its a much smaller system running at lower Temps, with less water.

I'm converting an old vehicle now to EV and the overall weight difference is not significant.




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