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Sodium-ion battery breakthroughs may be key to our electric future (www.techspot.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've already had these conversations online..

At the moment, they've already shifted to claiming EV cars are worse for the environment..
Yanking on about Towing capacity. They still haven't worked out that literally so few cars on the road (at least here in Australia), even have a towbar. Even less use it (even during long holidays)..
Range. These guys haven't worked out yet, that they aren't going to be driving 16 hrs a day.. And, for those applications, if unavoidable, worst case scenario is then Fuel cells.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Agree with all of these. Like they need a vehicle that can tow a semi every day for 800 miles. I've had the same talk and for many of them they are at LEAST a 2 car household. I keep saying okay if you need a vehicle that can do all of that... What about the other vehicle. Silence every time. Because they can't accept that there may actually be a valid use case.

You want a giant truck for towing? Fine. But 90% of them are lying to themselves. Those people need commuter cars, and that's where EVs are perfect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Range can be quickly resolved by hot-swapping batteries. A company in China, Nio, is already doing it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ironically, towing capacity is something that EVs have the potential to be better than ICE. They have the torque, and you don't need a complicated transmission in the drive train being a limiting factor.

You can also put extra battery in whatever you're towing. It's extra weight, but if we're talking highway travel, the weight doesn't matter much. Air resistance matters more, but you've already paid that price by having a trailer at all. High power connection does need to be worked out, though.