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The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)
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[–] CertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They're actually old tech. They just could never match lithium.

They'll shine as standing storage more so than mobile applications. Home storage will benefit greatly from their improvements

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's very interesting. If they can be used at home or in cars that don't require batteries with a very large capacity, then that would be really good to counter the scarcity of lithium (and hopefully, help the environment too)

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

If they can get industrial scale it could also allow energy grids to capture excess power instead of wasting it. Could yield massive efficiency increases being able to reclaim some of that loss.