New battery technology? The Blade Battery.
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What’s with the vintage film look? Fail.
From what I understand, that's a good way of densely packaging LFP batteries. I know the guy claims good cold weather performance. All LFP batteries will work in cold weather. The problem is charging them when it's cold, as it damages the cells.
Tesla is real safe about it too. If it's not on a Level 2 to slowly warm it up and charge, it better be preconditioned before hitting the supercharger. You'll be there awhile with an LFP otherwise. The LFP can warm up on the Supercharger, but I saw one test where it took almost 50 minutes to get warm enough to accept the charge at around -20F(might have been -30F). The car was left to sit for days to make sure it was completely cold soaked in the same parking lot as the charger to simulate worst case scenario. Once it started charging it did fine since charging also helped put heat in the battery, but it more than doubled what the required stop would have been. It's a lot easier to keep heat in the battery while charging if it's already warm enough to safely accept charge. It's why it's easier to precondition while driving, that alone will help heat the battery. Relying on the car to do it while sitting can take a long time.
Its definitely the thing that people who aren't all in on EVs find to be a bit of a nuisance. It's against my nature to want to use GPS when I know where I'm going even on a 3+ hour trip. My wife likes to use it anyway because she likes to view the power use stats of longer trips. I'm still on the calculator and receipt process after putting gas in my car.