I've had many discussions with people about potential range needs for an EV sports car with folks on this sub, with many of you of the mind that 150-200 miles of range is 'plenty' for a car that won't be used on road trips or other long drives (a use case exclusion I disagree with, but that's for another time.
The quote below from this article highlights why I've consistently argued that's too little.
its battery endurance should allow three full-speed laps of the Nürburgring or an on-road range of more than 300 miles.
Consider that three laps of the Nürburgring is less than 40 miles. Now that's three 'full speed' laps, but assuming that a 'spirited drive' on the backroads is say half as intense as those three laps, that's still a usable range of less than 80 miles, when the car is driven like it's meant to be.
by flGovEmployee
