Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars | The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price. (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Ironically the reason there’s so much lifepo4 batteries available from china despite the tech being USA invented is that there was a patent on the tech in USA, which is a factor in why nobody developed it, but china being china they didn’t care about the bourgeois patents and built up a huge industry around batteries - and now the patent expired.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And now they are starting mass production of sodium batteries that are not affected by cold, and solid state battery production begins next year.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 7 hours ago

They've been "starting production" for 20 years. I'll believe it when I see it. And by "see it" I mean cars being actively sold that have been validated by 3rd parties.