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FWIW: lithium-ion was also expensive chemistry. If the promise matches the reality, supply chains will eventually realign to the point where consumer applicatio
by chaorace 3y ago
FWIW: lithium-ion was also expensive chemistry. If the promise matches the reality, supply chains will eventually realign to the point where consumer applications become feasible.
- fwungy 3y agoWe are likely in the incremental phase of battery innovation. You've got to balance so many factors to commercially release a battery: safety, durability, reliability, weight, energy density, cost. You can build cheap batteries, they just have some terrible characteristics.
- tuatoru 3y ago> cheap batteries That was CATL's other announcement, two years ago: sodium-ion batteries. Now being incorporated into a model of car by Chery, one of the second tier Chinese EV manufacturers, and another by BYD, the biggest. 1. https://www.notebookcheck.net/First-electric-cars-with-BYD-and-CATL-sodium-ion-batteries-without-lithium-to-launch-by-year-s-end.709264.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/First-electric-cars-with-BYD-a...