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The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January(www.engadget.com)

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woefkardoes@lemmy.world
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Lithium batteries dont like being stored fully charged they will degrade over time.

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Nomecks@lemmy.ca
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This is a solved problem. Most EVs won’t let you charge it to the actual 100% level or discharge it to 0.

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Patch@feddit.uk
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Exactly. Really, “fully charged” should just be conceptualised as being at a sensible safe point, with the acknowledgement that it’s possible to “overcharge” the batteries to an even higher level, chemically speaking, but that all sensible devices don’t let you do this.

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LrdThndr@lemmy.world
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So only charge it to 80% and pretend 80% is 100%, like iPhones do. Why is that a concern?

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woefkardoes@lemmy.world
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Or you could just use all of the space for a sodium battery and fully charge it as it won’t need long term storage in that state.

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You’re right. Forgot about that. Shoot.

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