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

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Other use cases would be where a car has some sodium batteries and some lithium based ones. The sodium batteries could serve most of the “wear and tear” of short trips, with a second smaller lithium back available to augment overall range which is not used as often.

This is a neat idea, but wouldn't solid-state lithium be far, far better for that purpose?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK SS lithium have huge price tag, at least for now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not really — portable batteries are already on the market and aren't that much more than conventional Li-ion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Are they? Good to hear. However Samsung is starting mass production for EVs and they are targeting initially the most expensive segment. But let's see once they start producing them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Sodium batteries are a lot cheaper, and the materials are easier to come by