The main value in these technologies is to shut up the "But sometimes I want to drive for 20 hours without being forced to take even a single 30-minute break!" pseudo-argument as to why an EV is "impossible" for their lifestyle. Same with the Lucid Air and its 1000km range: basically zero people truly need it, but it needs to exists in order to drag the last few holdouts into the future.

That sounds like a phone battery, not an EV battery. Modern EVs should last 15-20 years before seeing significant degredation.

eh? are you saying that something that is done once every 5 years has to be done inside 5 minutes? I strongly disagree.

> charging once every three to five years or so

Um, that's not how charging works at all.