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Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The Volt was really good for this - 50 miles electric and 430 miles gas on a 7 gallon tank.

Unfortunately, PHEVs fell out of fashion in 2018 and are only just coming back into style. I think the Prius is the only comparable car on the market that manages this. The Kia Niro is also looking reasonably good with a 34 mile EV range.

But if there was an economy car with ~150 miles range and inexpensive batteries, I’d probably buy it.

Both are in the $30-$40k range new. You can find a 2017 Chevy Volt for $16k (and I seriously can't recommend it enough).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have a non-plugin Prius, and it works really well as a commuter. I got it for $10k like 10 years ago, and it has needed very little maintenance and still gets 45-ish MPG (highway speeds here are 70mph, and I usually go a few mph over).

Ideally, I'd go pure electric for the next one so I'd never need to go to the gas station again. A PHEV means I still need to use some gas since I highly doubt I'd get 50 miles range on our high speed highways, especially if the car is older.

But yeah, seeing the prices going down is good news. The EV discount for used EVs is doing a lot of work.