Comment on The Sodium-Ion Battery Revolution Has Started
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 hours agoYeah, I want to buy a car w/ reduced range at substantially lower prices, but I can’t do that right now. Give me a sub-$20k option to get to work and back and then I’ll get excited about the tech.
mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
Second-hand Nissan Leaf?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Right, used cars are feasible, I’m talking about new cars. A sub-$20k new commuter should be possible w/ sodium ion batteries.
davidagain@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Buying new cars is stupid. You wasted several thousand just by driving it out of the dealership. Let someone else do that and buy it a year later with low milage and ten grand off.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 27 minutes ago
I buy used cars exclusively. A used EV that retails under $20k new will be very affordable used.
My point isn’t that used cars don’t exist under $20k, my point is that sodium ion batteries are supposed to be way cheaper than lithium ion batteries, and they’re more than sufficient for a commuter. I want those available where I live.