Have you lived in the Midwest or mountain United states? There won't be good rail there ever. The need for a 500-600 mile range (especially for the pickup truck drivers that tow) is far more apparent.but so will the routine nature of using the long range and dropping the lifetime of this battery scheme.

Which is weird because I think these are the guys who did a Michigan demonstration of range last year, a classic Midwest long miles to drive state for any travel

Also the notion that rail is cheaper over long haul for people transport might be incorrect. Self-driving (highway self driving is much easier than robo taxis) EVs, and roads are cheaper to build and more flexible than rail.

Rail wins only on really high congestion or very large loads.

Also, 18mph on a bike is hard for almost all people that aren't athletes. I'm a former Ironman triathlete and I know the range of performance for heavily trained athletes.

But yeah, doing range calcs at those speeds is ridiculous, unless you are discussing a pure commuter car use case.