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North Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactory (electrek.co)

submitted 3 months ago by ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago

Sodium ion batteries on the market right now are about the same weight density as lithium poly batteries from a few years ago. It takes a few years for a newly manufactured battery to find its way into actual EV models. That means the newer sodium batteries have about the same performance as batteries in EVs right now. They're also cheaper and are made of more abundant materials.

Don't write off sodium batts in cars too quickly.