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.
‘252 km (157 miles) range’ to save others the same skimming I did
Not bad for that battery’s first outing
Id like to add that there are different versions of the car, with the long range version being 302km range, and the battery mass to energy ratio is actually average compared to other batteries.
Also, those ranges are for the sehol branded version, the car in the article might have a different range(although I doubt it) https://www.batterydesign.net/sehol-e10x-sodium-ion/
Wow that sounds very useable
Perfectly usable for urban travel in Chinese cities
And recharging times?