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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 8 months ago by flango@lemmy.eco.br to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Any base on those claims that batteries aren't going to get cheaper? They have been for 15 years. There is still progress to be made. There are LFP that get rod of cobalt. There are sodium batteries in testing that will reduce lithium demand.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Their claim about lithium being rare is nonsense as well. There's no lithium shortage, there's more a shortage of refineries and battery packaging plants (which means by building more, batteries will continue getting cheaper) and other rare earth metals, which is more of an issue, but like you say, the harder to source ones are being phased out of battery design.