While entirely correct, the Irish get very antsy about being included in the British Isles. It’s a “colonial relic” is probably the nicest version. So yes the map is correct from a British pov but not from an Irish one.

Solid state is just around the corner in the same way fusion is. Toyota announced in 2010 they’d have it in prod by 2015, then 2018, then 2020, then 2025 then…"real soon now™ "

The MG “may be a semi solid state”

https://electrek.co/2024/12/16/new-semi-solid-state-battery-ev-launching-2025/

Which is not quite the same thing.

BYD and CATL who have a good track record of delivery are suggesting 2030

TL;DR

Don’t wait for solid state, the current battery tech is more than adequate for the majority of people. Holding off for something “perfect” that may never arrive when “good enough” is here diesn’t seem logical to me

The target audience is monied tech bro millenials who really wanted a warthog out of Halo.

The problem is that the overlap between tech bros and nazi lovers is definitely not 100%, probably not even 10%.