battery claims
Battery claims Battery claims March 28th 2025, Hina launches Sodium EV batteries The batteries boast 165wh/kg which is virtually on a par with many LFP batteries and can cope with 8000 fast charges and low temperatures. So on a 200 mile range battery that would be 1.6 million miles. On the subject of sodium I'm starting to see adverts for home sodium batteries. The home is where cycle life becomes important. If my car battery only lasts 1000 cycles it probably wouldn't bother me. But a home battery could cycle twice a day in intense use. 1000 cycles then becomes 18 months. LFP can be as low as 3000 which is still under 5 years. 8000 takes us to over 10 years intense use. https://cnevpost.com/2025/03/28/hina-sodium-ion-battery-solution-commercial-cars/ March 21st 2025, CATLs second generation Sodium battery The claim is that it approaches LFP performance metrics with significant cost advantages. Notably it has been a set back for Sodium that the price of Lithium h...