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You don't need a 100kWh pack. Most of the smaller cars are closer to 60.
I certainly don't and wouldn't consider it. But if someone wants 1000 miles of range, we probably aren't getting that without some major technological breakthroughs in material sciences any time soon without packs around 100kWh.
We don't need 1000 miles of range...all we need is more charging stations.
What people need and what people irrationally want can be two different things
For the purposes of this conversation, only 1 of those matter. The point is EVs are not inherently heavier than ICE vehicles. They're only heavier if you insist on unnecessarily large vehicles with unnecessarily long range. That's why a Chevy Bolt weighs 3600 lb and a Hummer EV weighs a patently insane 9k lbs.