No More EV Battery Replacements? VW's Solid State Cell Holds Up for 300K Miles

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EV batteries tend to lose range capacity over their lifetime, but Volkswagen-backed startup PowerCo says it tested one from California-based QuantumScape that 'practically does not age.'

 

That's great and all but honestly, unless you do nothing but run errands around town 250 to 200 miles at a full charge just ain't gonna get it. Double that and maintain the life expectancy then we can talk. The power grid in the US is so pieced together and spotty that mass distribution of charging stations is impossible so you are limited to larger cities and close to home if you have a charger. 
No one in government gets that in order to make electrics viable they first have to get our power grid up to a level that can support it and develop new power generation facilities that offer clean energy at high demand.

If you really want electric vehicles to start being a thing increase the range , extend battery life, and develop energy production to a state that will support it nationwide. Off hand more research into Thorium based nuclear would be my first suggestion. Far safer than current Uranium based nuclear reactors, we actually have a lot more thorium than we have Uranium, and if you combine it with a molten salt tech you dont have to seed the reaction with say Plutonium. 

Until they get off their arses and invest in all of this instead of sending trillions to other countries that will cut our throats at the drop of a hat we stand no chance in moving everyone ofver to full EVs and the best they can hope for is hybrid.

/rant hahaha   

Actually, the recent infrastructure bill that passed had planned for investing in thousands of additional charging stations.  This article talks about this tech that will enable faster charging and greatly prolonged battery life.  I really would like to see it in my lifetime.  

I know about the recent bill but, and its a big but, the infrastructure / power grid as a whole is in such bad shape it cant handle mass adoption of EVs. Hell in Cali they were telling people not to charge their cars this past summer and they are one of the main proponents to be pushing EVs. Yeah i know it's because of the water levels in the reservoirs and not being able to generate enough power but thats part of the problem. Power generation plants are part of the power grid and it has to be modernized and honestly over built to be able to do this.

  I would love for the tech to get to the point that I didn't have to buy gasoline any more or go in for oil changes  but at our ages I'm doubtful it will be while I'm striding the planet. I could be wrong though. Look how far we've come technology wise in just 30 yrs.