JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, unveiled the first mass-produced EV with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion battery tech has a lower density than lithium-ion, its lower costs, simpler and more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could help accelerate mass EV adoption.
  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Really the only downsides is that they do not like charging in the cold, are just as toxic as cadmium, and are much much much more expensive.

    Seems like some pretty big and numerous downsides lmao