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WJW · 2026-02-26T12:50:06 1772110206

They mention this later in the article. It's still about 6 tonnes for the battery to store as much effective energy as the diesel tank.

schiffern · 2026-02-26T12:53:21 1772110401

It seemed like the author had moved on from EVs so I thought he was done, but okay. Should've finished I guess.

The article still never accounts for the fact that motors+inverters are ~2 tonnes lighter than an engine+transmission.

WJW · 2026-02-26T12:58:20 1772110700

Or your reading comprehension is not good enough. I didn't have any problem finding the paragraph where he author goes into extra detail. Who can say.

mschuster91 · 2026-02-26T12:50:25 1772110225

They are addressing that a few pages further down.