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Title: Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order
Post by: Redaktion on April 30, 2026, 13:36:08
Sodium-ion batteries have spent years as the promising underdog of EV chemistry. CATL is now ready to take mainstream the cheaper lithium-free technology with the largest ever Na-ion battery order.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sodium-ion-batteries-enter-mainstream-as-CATL-cracks-manufacturing-for-record-large-order.1286692.0.html
Title: Re: Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order
Post by: heffeque on April 30, 2026, 16:50:39
Tons of this + tons of solar/wind/hydro will make extremely cheap, decentralized, and stable electricity.

Unless AI data centers keep popping up.
Title: Re: Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order
Post by: Worgarthe on April 30, 2026, 16:55:08
Quote from: heffeque on April 30, 2026, 16:50:39Unless AI data centers keep popping up.
https://imgur.com/V2JUnQX (https://imgur.com/V2JUnQX)

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Title: Re: Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order
Post by: heffeque on May 01, 2026, 10:55:44
Quote from: Worgarthe on April 30, 2026, 16:55:08
Quote from: heffeque on April 30, 2026, 16:50:39Unless AI data centers keep popping up.
https://imgur.com/V2JUnQX (https://imgur.com/V2JUnQX)

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Welp, it seems that Americans are paying higher electricity prices so that the rest of the world can have AI memes.
Title: Re: Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order
Post by: anan on May 04, 2026, 12:41:38
Quotelithium prices dropped enough to make Na-ion EV and energy storage projects profitable again
Should be "lithium prices increased". Cheap LFPs caused by cheap lithium was what what held back Na battery development. This is important since Na batteries potentially can be cheaper but have a hard time competing with super-optimized Li batteries production. Na batteries just need to jump over this hurdle of manufacturing optimization and they should find their niche. And this niche cuould be huge.
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