Why is it so difficult to design electric car/truck batteries that have the same range (about 300 miles) as gas powered vehicles?

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It’s really the only reason I haven’t bought one, as I regularly travel across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and especially in the wintertime I understand the range is even less because of the cold.

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>It’s really the only reason I haven’t bought one, as I regularly travel across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and especially in the wintertime I understand the range is even less because of the cold.

Gasoline’s energy density is still [about an order of magnitude higher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density_Extended_Reference_Table) than the best practical battery’s energy density. That’s just about it. Batteries are hard, gasoline is easy.