• @MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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    3325 days ago

    For Americans, that 932 miles range and 323 miles ultra-fast charging, not that you’ll get to enjoy that on your freeways in the next four years.

      • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        224 days ago

        Yeah… more like a decade at least, if we’re being honest. Even if we do a U-turn in 4 years (which, frankly, I doubt, because I’m not convinced we’ll even have elections, much less meaningful ones, very much less free and fair ones).

        Also, I see you, fellow Bostonian 😉

  • Eager Eagle
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    1525 days ago

    Great charging rate, outstanding number of cycles, good temperature range of operations and twice the range of my hybrid. What’s the catch? Is it going to cost $50k?

    • SeaJ
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      1725 days ago

      If the catch is that it is $50k, sign me the fuck up. Lucid Air’s are pretty industry leading in regards to range at ~500 miles and those are $70k. 1500km is over 900 miles.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    24 days ago

    Some additional keywords on the tech behind this extended range capability:

    … self-generated anode battery technology (which no longer uses traditional graphite anode material but allows elements to deposit on the current collector in metallic form, increasing volumetric energy density by 60% and gravimetric energy density by 50%)

    Additionally, CATL’s self-generated anode technology can be adapted to multiple material systems. For example, when paired with sodium-ion systems, the energy density can reach 350Wh/L; with phosphate systems, it can reach 680-780Wh/L; and with ternary systems, it can exceed 1000Wh/L.

    Source

    The source cites CATL, but this self-generating anode tech has apparently been studied for a while by more than CATL.