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North Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactory (electrek.co)
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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even if they manage to "gear up" and make it to 200 wh/kg, that's years away and TODAY lithium EV batts are hitting 270 wh/kg. 35% more energy dense.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And you'll spend more money to get that. Not every EV needs the most capacity out there.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago

If your ev isn't good enough for a road trip, that means for like 90% of you have to own another vehicle.