If the lithium batteries would go 125 miles on a charge to offset the degradation on charging capacity, I'd buy lithium. Even Teslas lose 10% of their range and become more finicky with charging by 100,000 miles.
IMO, only Tesla will survive in the EV world. The other Johnny-Come-Latelys are going to fail because because batteries are still not advanced enough to replace over 100 years of ICE know-how.
I have a Yamaha on order and I know I won't need to worry about the things battery getting thin on me on several levels.
If Toyota's solid-state battery research makes a reliable 10 -minute charge possible then those cells would likely cause me to switch to an EV golf cart. I own two electric bikes and I also owned an electric skateboard (lol) and if anything goes wrong with the battery I would have no idea how to fix it or find someone to fix it other than the factory.
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