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I can't wait for BYD and it's technology to come to Canada. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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I'm tired of the way things are and am actually excited for BYD. They build really great electric vehicles and I saw one video where it charged up just as fact as refueling gasoline would be

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[–] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

The (small number of) TTC electric buses are BYD. They got built in Newmarket but I think the production stopped due to some issues. A larger scale attempt might be needed. :D That said, we might want to try that with sodium-ion batteries.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That is cool! I heard when they did the procurement a while ago, but I did not know what happened after. It is great to know that they were made here.

    I think once we have plenty of buses (and other EVs) around, the battery recycling will catch up. Just like it happened with the lead-acid.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    the battery recycling will catch up.

    For sure. That said, for applications where applicable, sodium-ion kinda makes recycling moot. There's "unlimited" supply of the input materials. CATL and some smaller factories just started production and it's already cheaper than LFP. I haven't checked if buses are suitable application but I think they should be.

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