" CATL has thrown its hat into the ring with the Naxtra sodium-ion battery, with 175 Wh/kg and 10,000 lifetime cycles along with operation from -40°C to 70°C. CATL is planning a start-stop battery for trucks using the technology. It has the potential to replace lead-acid batteries. CATL has announced battery pricing at the cell level in volume at $19/kWh. "

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    13 hours ago

    Most of these infamous early failure modes that people are afraid of are entirely possible to repair at home for a DIY guy. On a BEV I’m shit out of luck

    In a BEV many of those failure modes don’t exist. It’s quite possible we’ll see them last much longer with essentially no issues

    BEVs use conventional suspensions and brake systems, so failure there are likely just as repairable DIY