With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became a Force to Reckon With

Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by newaccount74 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @02:46PM (#36838354)

> An honest manufacturer would only advertise the amount of capacity you can actually use day to day

Why? It's not common to use your cars full range every day. Most people I know drive <100km on most days, and use the full range of their car maybe twice a year when they go on vacation.

Why would manufacturers advertise worst case numbers if they are not representative of the average consumers needs?

If they advertise their cars for business use, they probably should put some more detailed info somewhere. But if you advertise your car to commuters, it makes sense to use numbers that the average commuter can expect.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by badtension on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:12PM (#36839318)

What's stopping them from advertising exactly that? Usable everyday range being 200km and occasional max range 500km for prolonged life of the battery pack?

Just inform the customer instead of doing the advertising mumbo-jumbo.

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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by eptcyka on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:48PM (#36839678)

50% of the time I use my car, I drive more than 150 miles on a trip.

However, I do not commute with my car. And most people should press their local authorities to develop infrastructure so that they don't have to either :)

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