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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Doesn't California have some insane battery too?

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago

Yes, but that is Lithium-ion. These batteries are Sodium-ion which are better for the environment and can potentially be made a lot cheaper.. It's still pretty new technology so it's not really in any consumer products yet.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Economy of scale matters, so does practicality. Which one is generally lasting longer per number of charges and what's the long term viability of both given the time they were build and the available tech at that time? I totally understand the greater availability of sodium vs lithium. However, will it last? Last time I read much about it, reliability was weak, charge capacity over time dropped drastically, and failures were high. (It has been a couple of years, so things may be changing. )

Something new and shiney can be nifty, but past that, what is this? It seems like an expensive hood ornament that will rust in the rain. Lithium is expensive and toxic to mine, but so are all metals to some extent, and this has plenty.

It seems like it's buying something 25% off on a $100 thing that won't last well. Sure, you saved $25 once, but you're buying 3 of them in the same time frame.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Nah. Time to reread, sodium is absolutely a viable tech now.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes. Last I saw they lasted for more charges and had similar capacity to lithium. It's been invested into so much because it is viable.

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