The more energy you put in a box, the more explosive it is. EV fires are already a problem so fire depmts are going to have to evolve, and quickly
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Ha, why was this downvoted? Sketchy website "reports" proprietary Chinese research firm's accomplishment by rehashing the firm's press release about an unbelievable claim with no other evidence. This got more red flags than the beach before a hurricane.
At best, this is something they actually did approximate in some kind of lab setting that might be years and years away from being some kind of marketable product.
The (translated) press release even has a stench all on its own:
It is expected to fundamentally solve the battery life and safety anxiety of traditional lithium-ion batteries.
Because America bad, don't you see?
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Yet another?
Take EVs out of the equation and the ramifications of this tech (or Toyota's) is huge, if true.
Imagine an electric wheelchair you only had to charge monthly, or that could run on one charge effectively forever.
First they need Toyota to test their chemistry and develop their battery production system....it's part of the way Chinese companies develop technology.
If Toyota can do it, China will too! A win-win!
Funny how that works...
China is always just behind the west (or Japan in this case)... And never ahead. I wonder why that could be?
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Instead of this we need EVs that aren't fucking massive.
China makes those, too.
Could they send some smallish, sodium-ion based cars here? I'd buy one if it had 150 miles range and a cheap to replace battery.
Need battery space also SUVs/crossove s hold more people. And EV busses will be great as well.
Why do you need it to hold more people when most trips are with one or two people? Also, most families tend to have two cars, so they don't need both to be big.
Also, most SUVs hold the same as a sedan: 5 people. And they don't hold more stuff, generally speaking, because they lose so much space being higher up. If you want to carry more people, look at minivans.
People buy SUVs because they're higher up, not because they're better at much of anything.
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It seems like this vehicle comes with (as far as I know) the first solid state battery in a commercial vehicle which is HUGE news if true! I'm slightly skeptical because of this claim coming from the Chinese government, but who knows, it would be a huge boon for all of humanity if they've figured out solid state batteries.
The huge benefits we'll all see are increased capacity so batteries last longer, and INSANELY fast charge times. You could recharge your car to 100% in the same time as it takes to fill it up with gas currently.
Toyota is promising 700-800 miles range soonish (3 years?), and I believe them a lot more than the CCP.
I don't believe either though, but I do think Toyota is more trustworthy in general. I'll wait until I see an actual product with independent reviews.
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For some reason this reminds me of a cheap Chinese knockoff rotary tool I got from Amazon which the instructions said: “use until loud bang and smoke. Then replace.”
Most I use don't give any warning at all, so that's a step up.