The key point here is look at the 4C charge rates, range long enough to cover even the top one half of one percent of daily commutes at 200 miles a day round trip. If they use BYD's internal combustion generator as the extender that is the most efficient ICE in commercial production recently field driven in a 5 passenger sedan 2.2L/100km that's 108mpg US not on a test track but around a Chinese City at rush hour and afternoon traffic.
CATL also is using sodium ion cells for their low and high temp ranges use down to minus 40, charge down to minus 30 even. Low temperature is what sodium ion excel at vs NMC or even LFP cells. At minus 40 C and F are the same temps and very few places ever get that cold. I would never live anywhere that gets to sub zero let alone 20 or 30 below on a regular basis. No way no how I'll take 105 degree summers with the AC ripping over that dumb stuff any day.
This is a mid range full EV with fast charge 4C rates from a supercharger and a gasoline back up generator for those days that someone needs to go 250+ miles in a day. For most Americans that's less than 4 times per year. Price these in the 25-30K range and they will sell out.
Can it launch a missile 1500 miles on a single charge?
I would like to see an independent operator test it.
Gee whiz, I’m so excited over this I’m going to run out and get a couple more covid boosters.
Peace, brother.
When one discovers that the batteries from EV’s burn at 2000 degrees or more, and the chance of said batteries catching fire during recharge is any more than zero percent, not in my home.
I see electric vehicles for people who take baths using a wet Q-tip thinking they are saving the planet from a lack of water.
plug-in hybrids are very hard on the engine , all the on and off
Hybrids seem to be the most logical way to go. Ford and Toyota have decided to go that way, GM has decided to go full EV.
We’ll see what happens...................
Question...
- Will any PHEV that use that battery be sold in the US any time soon?
- is CATL a publically traded company or is it owned by BYD?
Interesting. Thanks. I just purchased some EVE 314-330 AH cells for a different purpose. Saw CATL offered but was told that in that marked (storage for home system) the CATLs being sold were not actually first quality. I don’t really know!
101st super battery to be announced in the last 20 years. They get the Federal development funding, close shop and walk away multimillionaires. And course make the obligatory campaign donations to the right people.