copacetic@discuss.tchncs.deM to Automotive Industry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 1 month agoMercedes-Benz tests world's first solid-state battery EV with +621 miles rangeelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkMercedes-Benz tests world's first solid-state battery EV with +621 miles rangeelectrek.cocopacetic@discuss.tchncs.deM to Automotive Industry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarewalden@sub.wetshaving.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month ago621 miles is 999.4 km, so 1000 km is probably what they’re shooting for, but 621.3 miles doesn’t sound good in an article.
minus-squareCMDR_Horn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI would have suggested 1000km as the headline then. Many of the American folks who’d consider an EV have at least a rough concept of metric
minus-square50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI think you are giving the average yank too much credit
minus-squareCMDR_Horn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI qualified the statement to narrow it down to just American who would buy an EV. That eliminates a lot of ignorant folks.
minus-square50MYT@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoTrue. I want to say I stand corrected, but I also want to throw shade still
621 miles is 999.4 km, so 1000 km is probably what they’re shooting for, but 621.3 miles doesn’t sound good in an article.
I would have suggested 1000km as the headline then. Many of the American folks who’d consider an EV have at least a rough concept of metric
I think you are giving the average yank too much credit
I qualified the statement to narrow it down to just American who would buy an EV. That eliminates a lot of ignorant folks.
True. I want to say I stand corrected, but I also want to throw shade still