And here(US), we needed gov mandates to get 100k 🙁
farticustheelder
OK. Early batteries were wonky, flaky, unreliable basically stuff that should have stayed in the lab for a few more years. The early EV adopters were essentially beta testers of the unpaid variety.
This new CATL cell means the tech is finally ‘mature’ in the sense that it is reliable. Of course it will be improved over time until its successor tech show up but that true for everything.
RaveDamsel
People in this sub will continue to knock on China. I know this comment, and likely this post, will get downvoted to oblivion. But all ya’ll with with your heads in the sand regarding the advancements that China is making in battery tech, drivetrains, semiconductors, and *thousands* of other technology segments are going to wake up one day and wonder what the fuck just happened, because you missed all of *these* clear indicators of their technological advancement.
I hate communism, I hate their human rights abuses, and I hate their military gamesmanship. But to ignore China’s technological progress and what they’re delivering to industrial and consumer markets is dumb. Really, really fucking dumb.
chronocapybara
> for buses
Pretty awesome, though.
M_Equilibrium
Giving a battery lifespan in terms of distance is meaningless…
jrj_51
15 years, huh? That’s neat. What’s that do for those of us that can only afford 20 year-old cars?
internalaudit168
I think I read one similar version of article over the weekend but CATL is only sticking with 10 years for the time being, just to play safe.
A real 15-year warranty would be wonderful if the manufacturers would pass that on to consumers.
bfire123
>Tianxing-B will have a warranty of 10 years or 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles).
Stardust-1
That is fairly easy to achieve with LFP chemistry. The problem is that more than 99% of the LFP is currently being produced in China. The rest of the world is trailing at least 5 years behind on the LFP technology.
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620k mile warranty is the big thing.
And here(US), we needed gov mandates to get 100k 🙁
OK. Early batteries were wonky, flaky, unreliable basically stuff that should have stayed in the lab for a few more years. The early EV adopters were essentially beta testers of the unpaid variety.
This new CATL cell means the tech is finally ‘mature’ in the sense that it is reliable. Of course it will be improved over time until its successor tech show up but that true for everything.
People in this sub will continue to knock on China. I know this comment, and likely this post, will get downvoted to oblivion. But all ya’ll with with your heads in the sand regarding the advancements that China is making in battery tech, drivetrains, semiconductors, and *thousands* of other technology segments are going to wake up one day and wonder what the fuck just happened, because you missed all of *these* clear indicators of their technological advancement.
I hate communism, I hate their human rights abuses, and I hate their military gamesmanship. But to ignore China’s technological progress and what they’re delivering to industrial and consumer markets is dumb. Really, really fucking dumb.
> for buses
Pretty awesome, though.
Giving a battery lifespan in terms of distance is meaningless…
15 years, huh? That’s neat. What’s that do for those of us that can only afford 20 year-old cars?
I think I read one similar version of article over the weekend but CATL is only sticking with 10 years for the time being, just to play safe.
A real 15-year warranty would be wonderful if the manufacturers would pass that on to consumers.
>Tianxing-B will have a warranty of 10 years or 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles).
That is fairly easy to achieve with LFP chemistry. The problem is that more than 99% of the LFP is currently being produced in China. The rest of the world is trailing at least 5 years behind on the LFP technology.