<story><title>CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Akronymus</author><text>You may not have a choice in the matter as more and more countries are thinking of&amp;#x2F;implementing ICE bans in the near future.</text></item><item><author>baq</author><text>My plan to buy an EV in the next five years may be realistic after all. Happy!</text></item><item><author>bagels</author><text>&amp;quot;CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg which it says will go into mass production this year&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is a lot more credible than most of the battery stories, because CATL is already producing a ton of batteries, lending them some credibility.&lt;p&gt;This is a little under 2x the density of current batteries.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>theK</author><text>I’m afraid these bans get systematically sabotaged by well funded ice lobby groups.&lt;p&gt;Just look at what happened to the EU’s ice ban for personal vehicles.&lt;p&gt;Spoiler: while new gasoline burning cars are technically banned after 2035 it will be completely legal to sell new gasoline burning cars by labelling them e-fuel only…</text></comment>
<story><title>CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg</title><url>https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Akronymus</author><text>You may not have a choice in the matter as more and more countries are thinking of&amp;#x2F;implementing ICE bans in the near future.</text></item><item><author>baq</author><text>My plan to buy an EV in the next five years may be realistic after all. Happy!</text></item><item><author>bagels</author><text>&amp;quot;CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh&amp;#x2F;kg which it says will go into mass production this year&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is a lot more credible than most of the battery stories, because CATL is already producing a ton of batteries, lending them some credibility.&lt;p&gt;This is a little under 2x the density of current batteries.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mmikeff</author><text>Not banning per se, just stopping sales of new.
So there will still be plenty of used ICE cars knocking around for a good few years.</text></comment>