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“YOU REALLY NEED A 500 KILOMETRE RANGE FOR AN EV TO BE REALISTIC” Some EVs come in several battery sizes. In the case of the VW ID.3, the three packs will have a choice of two power outputs to go with them. So the shorter-range version, being lighter, will be quicker as well as cheaper. Other EVs – e-tron, Kona, Leaf – lure you into the bigger battery by offering more power with it. Since forever, more or less everyone in the world of electric cars has assumed that mass adoption will start only when they come with a 500-kilometre range. After all, that’s what petrol cars can do. The petrol-car mindset views EV charging as far too time-consuming. On a service-station DC ‘rapid’ charger, it’s an hour-ish. Fair point. But that’s…

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Top Gear South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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