Comment on 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

drkt@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• skydivekingair@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When a headline like this says first I think it either means first test vehicle and it’ll be years before it’s available to the public or first brand, which is what I’d rather be hearing about. Article starts off saying “the first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) with a sodium-ion battery”. If they buried that I’d say it was a clickbait headline but this way it seems pretty up front they’re just shortening for length. In my opinion. 🙂

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  • drkt@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fair enough. The actual car I was thinking of apparently did run on lithium, too, so it was a dumb comment.

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    • skydivekingair@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All good, I’m just happy to see more innovation making its way to the public realm.

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• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah well, technically all EVs before the invention of lithium batteries were without lithium batteries, but are there currently any worth mentioning in this context?

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