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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 (www.engadget.com)

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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::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.

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[–] drkt@feddit.dk 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Liberal use of the word "first" but ok marketing team

[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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. 🙂

[–] drkt@feddit.dk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 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?