Baggytrousers27 t1_is1hh63 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to comment by Judgy__ in South Korean researchers say they have developed an anode-free lithium-ion battery that is 40% more energy dense than existing batteries and will enable EVs to travel 630km (390 miles) on a single charge. by lughnasadh

Was it a tesla?

Judgy__ t1_is1ih63 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:54 PM

Nope, Renault Zoe claims 224miles on a full charge but actually gets around 160-170 down to 130-ish in cold weather

Edit: oh and had a full service recently battery health at 98%

Baggytrousers27 t1_is26oke wrote on October 12, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Had no idea Renault even made an electric car. Unavailable in my country due to political bs, but a cursory googling suggests you've inadvertently chosen poorly from the, still disgustingly narrow, EV market (although since resell value of EVs is astronomical maybe not) which, unfortunately, likely leaves you stuck floating in a feculent body of water without means of propulsion.

It's a shame that toymotor has been dragging its feet on their EV front (not to mention their peculiar Subaru twin thing). About the only value for money electric cars on the market at present are Nissan's latest leaf and the SUV duo from Hyundai (Kona and Ioniq 5), ignoring MG of course because wouldn't trust an EV made in china as far as it could roll off a cliff.

Point is likely moot regardless unless this leap works with LiFePO4 (cos they won't/can't go bang and set fire to your everything).

P.s just learnt thay the majority of EVs come without a spare tyre ... did yours?

Judgy__ t1_is3wmp9 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:47 AM

Apparently mini EVs are terrible for mileage by a long way (my wife’s friend has one and is constantly saying it’s crap)

Also Nope, no spare tyre :/

Baggytrousers27 t1_is4qs2i wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM

If they say it's for the same reason as phone chargers my wrath with be as inimicable as it is ineffectual.