June 29, 2023
HOME ON THE RANGE:
A NEW BATTERY 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING CAN GET YOU OVER 600 MILES ON A SINGLE CHARGE -- AND IT CHARGES FASTER, TOO (Rick Kazmer, June 28, 2023, The Cool Down)
Kind of miss the days when the Right was assuring us battery technology was permanently static.Battery maker Gotion has big news in charging tech and beyond. The company, founded in China in 2006, is touting a breakthrough electric vehicle (EV) power pack with an astonishing range of 621 miles on a single charge.At the same time, plans are moving forward on a battery factory in Michigan that is reported to create 2,300 jobs. It's all part of an EV industry upswing being noticed around the country.The Gotion battery, called the Astroinno, is 10 years in the making. It's planned to power a 621-mile drive on a single charge and have a lifetime of 2.4 million miles, according to Inside EVs.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 29, 2023 6:44 AM