A breakthrough used to demonstrably make some facet of life better. That was progress. Like so many words lately, progress has been redefined. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
When Charles Kettering designed the electric starter motor more than a century ago, it was a breakthrough. From that moment forward, anyone could start a car – not just the mostly men who had the strength (and bravery) to manually hand-crank the engine to life. Radial tires, disc brakes, electronic fuel injection – all of them breakthroughs in design that resulted in cars that were functionally superior to those that came before.
EVs, on the other hand . . .
The latest “breakthrough” comes in the form of the Lucid Air – which is an electric car, not an anti-depressant med. It can recover 208 miles of range in just 20 minutes!
To appreciate just how magnificent a “breakthrough” this is, consider that a 1980 Chevrolet Chevette – which averaged 30 miles-per-gallon – could recover 210 miles of range in about three minutes. That’s how long it takes, give or take, to pump the seven gallons of fuel needed to travel that distance into the Chevy’s tank. Spend another minute or two at the pump – so as to fill the car’s 12 gallon tank – and the range goes up to 360 miles.
Meanwhile, the Lucid waits.
It also costs.
