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First sodium battery urban e-bike offers 45-mile range and operates in cold weather without capacity loss (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

A big advantage of its sodium cells is also the fact that they can retain more than 92% of their capacity even when operating at -20°C (-4 Fahrenheit) and discharging at those freezing temps.

That is very promising to hear. My current vehicle, which uses first-generation lithium batteries (made on 2011), loses almost half of its range at that temperature, and that is before heating.