youtu.be/6MIBsuC9REo Between a mix of #battery #chemistry research and a #hybrid model, #China just solved basically all of the issues with using batteries for cars. 930 miles on one change for a sedan. This can translate into trucks big rigs as well, where you will see them more than in sedans.
Basically its a hybrid of a #sodium battery and a #lithium battery. I don't know what the exact type of each is, its too new but there are 2 batteries each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Most of the time you will only ever use the sodium part for any short range you use. Its amazing in extreme temps and charges insanely fast like the old lead acid batteries and lasts for a long time. However like with the plugin electric hybrid system, this one will have a backup once you drain the sodium batteries on long trips and kick in the lithium batteries.
Lithium goes bad faster the more you use it, not as much for sodium, so sodium will be your first use and only use and recharge your lithium battery as a last resort. This means that the batteries can last an insanely long time. 10 years ago it was believed that lithium batteries only could be guaranteed to last around 8 years before they started to degrade which is why 8 years is the longest battery warranty. Now that they've been in circulation its not uncommon for a lithium battery to last double that amount before it begins to degrade especially with proper maintenance.
This means that this thing could last up to 40-50 years before it started to degrade, because the lithium battery is babied and the sodium is abused by comparison and it can take it.
The sodium battery is 30% heavier than lithium, but with the power of science they have shrunk both, and and sodium batteries can cost 30% of a lithium battery because its basically made out of waste products instead of mining them with slave labor in the Congo. Now it really comes down to reducing the size and dropping the cost even more. A good Chinese car even with 100% tariffs costs around $20k, that number will just keep dropping as they scale up and make buying an ICE vehicle seem a complete waste of money and just a status symbol.
This Battery Doesn't Need Lithium and It Just Hit Mass Production

Grâce à cette découverte, la #France pourrait bien lutter avec la #Chine concernant l'exploitation du #Lithium www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2085160...

Grâce à cette découverte, la F...

CEOL #Lithium #BergBau #wirtschaft (Bild La Segunda https://digital.lasegunda.com/2026/06/02/A/F04LBNPQ#zoom=page-width ) #chile