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Aito, a brand born from the collaboration between tech giant Huawei and automaker Seres

will feature a sodium-ion battery from CATL capable of an astonishing 12C charging rate, theoretically allowing for a full charge in 5 minutes.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The US auto industry is fucked.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only country they will be able to sell to is the US, which is increasingly becoming less relevant an auto market.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I honestly didn't think that US made vehicles were relevant to the global market in the first place.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Was Tesla really globally relevant?

But you knew I meant traditional American brands.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ford, GM and Stellantis are all over the world, although Stellantis (which includes Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep) isn’t American.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Also the Fords we get in Europe are completely different from the ones in the US, the two branches are almost completely separate. Different models, not produced in the same place, etc etc.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

nope, only in the usa where he had good propaganda, on a car with next to no QC.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The model y was the best selling car in the entire world until recently.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No bans, just 100% tariffs to make them non-competitive to gasoline vehicles

[–] TheodorAlforno@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

12C charging rates means fast charging for small batteries. I would be perfectly happy with a 300km range car if I could recharge in 15 minutes.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

BYD has 10c on some new cars on their 1000V platform

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't believe any battery news unless they are sold to customers. They are always just full of shit, like some lab batteries that just are impossible to produce.

Solid state batteries have been around the corner for 20 years.

And 1,2MW charging, unless you are directly attached to power plant, that is not something that is going to ever happen in DC charging station. The 350kW stations are already in the edge what is possible.

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

1,000KW charging is already available to the public

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUxO7y4z_E

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Aren’t sodium ion batteries supposed to be much heavier — which is why they’re used in backup/storage systems and not cars?