Sodium-ion batteries enter mainstream as CATL cracks manufacturing for record large order

[Redaktion]

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

[heffeque]

Tons of this + tons of solar/wind/hydro will make extremely cheap, decentralized, and stable electricity.

Unless AI data centers keep popping up.

[Worgarthe]

Unless AI data centers keep popping up.

https://imgur.com/V2JUnQX

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[heffeque]

Unless AI data centers keep popping up.

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.

[anan]

lithium 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.