After banning the use of power features on e-bikes and all other personal electric vehicles in December 2023, an updated policy to reflect a full ban of PEVs on campus will take effect July 1.
The fire issue is generic to lithium batteries, and even the industry itself wants regulations on Battery safety which I support. Sodium ion batteries don’t catch fire and China’s Mass producing them and you can buy them today. It’s likely that electric cars and bikes will probably end up using sodium ion batteries long term. You only really need Lithium-ion batteries for Ultra portable devices
There’s also lithium iron phosphate (LFP) which doesn’t catch on fire either, and has been around longer. There are trade-offs, like sodium being vastly more plentiful than lithium.
The fire issue is generic to lithium batteries, and even the industry itself wants regulations on Battery safety which I support. Sodium ion batteries don’t catch fire and China’s Mass producing them and you can buy them today. It’s likely that electric cars and bikes will probably end up using sodium ion batteries long term. You only really need Lithium-ion batteries for Ultra portable devices
That’s interesting actually, I’ll have to look more into sodium ion batteries to figure out what they’re all about.
Yeah for stationary and even some Mobile use sodium ion batteries are going to be the new dominant technology
There’s also lithium iron phosphate (LFP) which doesn’t catch on fire either, and has been around longer. There are trade-offs, like sodium being vastly more plentiful than lithium.