' When you realize how deeply misguided our big battery EV obsession is, built as it is on the basic fallacy that ICE and battery electric are directly interchangeable, it’s not surprising that the company that created this perception has been lying about its own range.

To move forward, we must confront our bottomless desire to see dramatic changes in our material culture without requiring any kind of meaningful personal or collective change. '

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https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/tesla-range-complaints-deception-electric-vehicles-battery-size.html

How Tesla Got Away With Its Battery Ruse for Years

We were easy marks.

Slate

' Instead of giving the biggest incentives to the biggest batteries, government policy should focus on electrifying the vast majority of daily trips, which start and end at home and could easily be handled by vehicles with 100 miles of range or less.

That means incentivizing e-bikes, plug-in hybrids, and other small battery electric vehicles. '