The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January
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JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, unveiled the first mass-produced EV with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion battery tech has a lower density than lithium-ion, its lower costs, simpler and more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could help accelerate mass EV adoption.

The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather::JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, unveiled the first mass-produced EV with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion battery tech has a lower density than lithium-ion, its lower costs, simpler and more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could help accelerate mass EV adoption.

  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    32·
    11 months ago

    Assuming these numbers aren’t massaged like Tesla’s, 252 km (157 miles) isn’t a terrible range. Not something you’ll want to road trip across the country with, but suitable for most city commuting.

        • candyman337@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          32·
          11 months ago

          For EVs, these batteries are better for the environment to produce and to dispose of, and if you’re able to replace them every time you go to a recharge station you’ll never have a battery die because it won’t be in your car long enough. The batteries keep rotating until they die and then they get taken out of rotation and disposed of.

    • TrumpetX@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      11 months ago

      I drove a leaf for 3 years and it had 80 to start with and ended around 67. At the end, it was a pain, but didn’t notice until around 70mi range. Somehow, 75 would get me from home, to the airport, to work, and back home again with room to breathe. At 67, it was nail biting.

      To the point, 150 is probably good for quite a lot of people.

      • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        For me that would be pushing it. That is about as far as I drive to my dentist. A little traffic, or battery degradation. That said any charging station a long the way would fix that.

      • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Assuming this company is not filled with dumbasses thinking air cooling the battery is a good idea like in the Leaf, the range will likely hold up much better.