First electric car with cheap sodium-ion battery offers 157 miles of range as it appears out of a VW partnership

[Scott]

With the sodium-ion battery, the test Sehol E10X is able to cover about 157 miles (252km) on a charge and is capable of charging at up to 4C speeds or 15 minutes. The Na-ion cells of HiNa Battery currently ship with energy density of 145 Wh/kg and are rated for 4,500 full charge-discharge cycles. Doubling of the cycles and 200 Wh/kg energy density is expected for the second Na-ion battery generation that HiNa is currently developing.

 

While those numbers don’t sound all that impressive compared to the density of current performance lithium batteries, Na-ion cells are much more affordable to produce and with chemistry that is way less volatile.

 

https://fr.techtribune.net/uncategorized/first-electric-car-with-cheap-sodium-ion-battery-offers-157-miles-of-range-as-it-appears-out-of-a-vw-partnership/601976/

[Tug]

Love it I want an ev for all the local stuff 90% of most folks car use and keep the truck for the long trips and towing the trailer (hopefully not the ev if the wifey screws up)lol

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21 minutes ago, Tug said:

Love it I want an ev for all the local stuff 90% of most folks car use and keep the truck for the long trips and towing the trailer (hopefully not the ev if the wifey screws up)lol

And this is a first generation battery. The second generation battery is projected to have a range of about 200 miles. That's not much different from the range afforded by an LFP battery.

And work on improving sodium batteries continues. Right now researchers are working on a sodium sulfide battery that will be more energy dense than lithium batteries.

[ozimoron]

Even this first gen battery is adequate for most urban usage. This is a huge development.

[Scott]

Off-topic post removed.