Again, this is the limitations of lithium ion. The next generation of battery technology will bring an end to lithium as large storage solution. Let alone the advancements to solar energy conversion to supplement the EV's ranges.
All this should have been advanced starting 20+ years ago. But with some serious lobbying on part of the fossil fuel industry? R/D grants and funding was squelched.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652602000677
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
It's no secret. I never believed those tales of big oil actually going after future innovators and newer design efforts physically.
Stanley Meyer: An Infamous Invention and Death - Institute on the Environment
There were certainly some crazy claims starting in the 70s. Most due to OPEC embargo. But lobbing hard? Absolutely. That effort continues today.
