Normally you’re right. It seems like every day there is a new revolutionary battery tech. But in this case, according to the article, deliveries will start next month which means they’re already in production. How much range is sacrificed is the question but it looks like a little city car so 200km, or even less, might be fine if it’s geared towards people that will just be commuting and running errands locally.
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JATtho@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Any new battery technology news needs to be taken with grain of salt. They are highly likely over-hyped and the actually realized products will have more problems than the current established tech initially.
roscoe@startrek.website 8 months ago
graymess@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure. I’m in no rush to replace my car with one of these, but it’s a great thing that this technology is already in production. With these actually going into real cars that people can buy and drive, we’ll get more data so that any serious issues will hopefully be identified and addressed in the next generation.
nadir@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What kind of salt?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Sodium-ion.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Well yeah, it’s sodium.
adrian783@lemmy.world 8 months ago
too easy…