Electric car range set to double with first production of breakthrough battery

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[sammieuk1]

Very thin on detail for a breakthrough ???? 

[PR3]

https://insideevs.com/news/668571/gotion-621-mile-battery-pack-production-start-2024/

 

Bit more info here 

[proton]

Do they blow up though? ????

[billd766]

Electric vehicles need more than a larger battery capacity.

 

They also need the infrastructure both at home and on the roads to back it up.

 

That means more power stations, upgraded transmission lines and transformers nearer peoples homes, places of work, highways and byways, and nothing will come for free. That will mean higher power bills for all no matter what country you live in.

 

It will also mean higher battery costs as each battery will need more materials and higher replacement costs when the battery has to be replaced. It will also mean a lower resale price for the vehicle when you replace it.

 

Dismantling and salvage of scrapped batteries will also cost more.

 

All this is only my opinion of course. 

[Muhendis]

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

Electric vehicles need more than a larger battery capacity.

 

They also need the infrastructure both at home and on the roads to back it up.

 

That means more power stations, upgraded transmission lines and transformers nearer peoples homes, places of work, highways and byways, and nothing will come for free. That will mean higher power bills for all no matter what country you live in.

 

It will also mean higher battery costs as each battery will need more materials and higher replacement costs when the battery has to be replaced. It will also mean a lower resale price for the vehicle when you replace it.

 

Dismantling and salvage of scrapped batteries will also cost more.

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

 

All this is only my opinion of course. 

I agree with this.

It is good to see such exciting progress in auto transport but filling up a battery of the size which can take you 1,000km on a single charge will need lots of power/time. This is especially true if the entire population all have electric battery vehicles. Just imagine if they all want to "fill up" at the same time. 

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

Dismantling and salvage of scrapped batteries will also cost more.

Yes and no.

After 1 million km the battery will outlive the mechanical life of the car so the scrap frequency will be lower. For example. If you double the salvage costs but also double interval then relatively the cost is still the same.

 

Gotion is not the first.

https://cnevpost.com/2022/07/12/catl-said-to-mass-produce-lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate-batteries-within-this-year/