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Toyota promises 40-year solid-state EV batteries by 2028 (evxl.co)
23 points by geox 70 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


CATL sodium ion batteries, already in production vehicles today, do 10,000 cycles or 3M kilometers

https://sodiumbatteryhub.com/2025/10/13/catls-sodium-ion-bat...


Which vehicles? Article says

> CATL plans to begin mass production of its second-generation sodium-ion batteries in 2026.


That's 3 Gm or 2.79 Gim


The ultimate future isn't far away.


Yet we as a species are doing our damn best to delay it, chasing LLMs and entertaining those who want to "drill baby drill".


The largest country on the planet is chasing solar and electrification


So much this, 'murricans are still struggling to grasp a reality where they're not in the planet's driver's seat anymore.


“ —IF ITS DECADE OF DELAYS DOESN’T REPEAT”




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