My wife and I currently own one EV. We live in the U.S. Midwest where winter months do have an impact on battery performance. Our other car is my older 2002 Honda CR-V. It has over 187k miles on it, but has been very reliable, usually just requiring general maintenance and replacements as the years and miles have come. We have two older dogs that occupy the back of the car for longer road trips. Given announcements of solid state batteries arriving in a few years or so, I am deliberating between buying a compact SUV EV in a couple years or waiting for 3–4 years to see of solid state batteries have arrived in vehicles from good automotive brands. I would be curious what others think. Feel free to share your own situation too.
I don’t think it’s worth waiting for solid state batteries. CATL and others has a number of battery advancements coming sooner.
CATL has dense battery tech, LMFP batteries and a recent LFP cold weather electrolyte advancement that lessens the impact of cold weather charging. Then there’s the silicon anode battery that’s readying for production which claims more than double the power for the same size.
But if you need something now, then find what’s best now.