I'm in the same boat - I have a Volvo PHEV with an 11.6kWh battery, and Volvo upgraded that battery in newer models to 18.8kWh. And the thing is....the battery takes the exact same space as before - it was just an improvement in battery packaging which allowed them to do this. But....I can't fit this newer battery to my car, even though it would physically fit - the systems inside the car will not allow it to work. If there was a company that offered this as a paid upgrade for my car I'd gladly pay for it.

That's a pretty long commute you've got there :(

yeah, 50km each way.

I think my longest commute was 50 miles (Claremont to El Segundo). I used to drive to the Norwalk end of the Green Line to reduce the drive time at the expense of commute time by taking the train the last stretch of the commute. It’s a little stunning to think about all the sense memories I have from that commute 30 years later.

The new solid electrolyte batteries have around 450 Wh/kg, the old liquid electrolyte ones around 270 Wh/kg. Or less for LFP.

You seem shadowbanned and I had to vouch for this comment to make it visible. Your last comments seem ok, so maybe you want to mail dang (the moderator) about your account.

Thanks a lot. I had a suspicion about bring shadowbanned, but couldn't prove it.

"I had a suspicion about bring shadowbanned, but couldn't prove it."

Just look at the comment thread without being logged in. If you can see your comments - all is fine.