Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officially commenced…
    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yeah but for many low-power applications, it’s a damn cool development. Like I have a bluetooth keyboard and a few controllers that could eaisly fit a battery 3x-4x the current size inside no problem, so there’s no need to waste lithium on that.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      At 1000 times the abundancy, it is already 233 times better for stationary applications than lithium ion, no?