My mom was just telling me that one of her friends had seen a story about how EVs are so much heavier because of the battery and it makes them more dangerous when it comes to accidents.
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I was like, yeah, that's true, but it's hopefully only a temporary problem until battery tech can improve. Battery packs are only so heavy because there's no other way to get the range, but as battery energy density improves (with developments like silicon anodes and solid-state batteries) battery packs will get smaller, lighter, and safer.
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I reminded her that *all* cars are getting bigger and heavier. So many people drive an SUV or a full-size truck, both of which just keep getting bigger and heavier every year. If people are concerned about cars being to heavy and dangerous, then let's make some regulations about *all cars* instead of just hand wringing about them new fangled EVs.
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The push for massive battery capacity is also to blame, when it really isn't necessary. I did a lot of my own, personal hand-wringing, and had almost talked myself into a plug-in hybrid, instead. Then I sat down and actually did the math. Any car with a range of 220 miles per charge will let me get back and forth to work for a week, and keep within the 80%-40% range recommended for battery health. I don't need any more than that.
@ScottSoCal In terms of resources needed, PHEVs are better than BEVs. We should have pushed them much harder a decade ago. Now we're out of time.