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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Interesting that it took so long. I assumed that Sodium-ion would have hit the mass market one or two years ago when CATL announced they started mass-producing these cells in 2023.

For example, Yiwei debuted its first sodium-ion battery in an electric car in late 2023.

[–] whvholst@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You can order So-Ion cells on AliExpress since a year or so, that sounds reasonably mass-market to me.

[–] cron@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's true, but they had almost no success in the automotive world up until next year (probably).

[–] whvholst@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Their properties make them a great fit for grid storage, so even if they never become a thing in the automotive world, they still can become a hit.

[–] cron@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I must admit that I didn‘t even think of any applications of this battery tech outside of the mobility sector.

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