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.
  • Slatlun@lemmy.mlEnglish
    172·
    2 years ago

    ‘252 km (157 miles) range’ to save others the same skimming I did

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            192·
            2 years ago

            I can see that. My point is that the only electric car that has that range in the U.S. is the Leaf, which goes 168 miles on the smaller battery. I don’t need an electric car that goes that many miles between charges. I’d be fine with 90. I’d probably be fine with less than 90. We have a second car if we ever want to leave town. I’d ditch my hybrid and get a cheaper electric car that didn’t have a huge range, but it isn’t even on offer.

            • Pretzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              2 years ago

              Dude get a used Leaf or Bolt. There is a $4k tax credit or direct price reduction for used now.

              • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                Got any info on that? Looking at buying out my EV lease and wonder if I can get that added.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              2 years ago

              My problem is that I need >100 mile range. I live in a cold climate and have a 50 mile, round-trip commute (and high speed, so even worse range), so if EVs get half the range in the winter, I could stuck. There isn’t a big set of cars in the 100-150 mile range, usually you get something older and used with <100, or current cars get >200 and you pay the price for it.

              A new Leaf is something like $30k, and used Leafs are something like $17k, so it’s absolutely not worth replacing my reliable hybrid car at that price. If I could get a new car around $20k with ~150 mile range, or a used car (~5 years old) with 100-150 mile range for 10k, I’d probably buy it. But that just isn’t a thing right now. So I’m waiting.

    • tills13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      471·
      2 years ago

      I’ve found people vastly overstated how much range they need. 99% of usage is in the city between home and somewhere else. 250km is perfect if the price is right.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Exactly. We have two cars, and we only need one to have any kind of range. The other is fine with 250km/150mi range, but it needs to be relatively inexpensive to buy and repair. It’ll just be for a daily commute and around-town driving, no expectation for long-distance.

        It doesn’t need space for people or stuff, just 2-4 passengers is plenty. It’ll strictly be for commutes and small trips to the grocery store and whatnot, the other car can be used for larger trips.