Battery tech is projected to advance so fast that I’d almost consider all EVs today concept cars for “what will be”. I doubt a big automaker would ever go public with that message but they have to see the writing on the wall regarding the pace at which they’ll out-date their own cars.

A 500mi/charge EV will completely sink the value on their inventory for a 250-300/charge model. So why mass produce it when they run that risk?