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if i can afford one, i'll buy a car with it. but if i can't, i'll keep using my 04 nissan.
If I recall well, it isn't a good fit for cars as it energy density per weight isn't as good. But for residential batteries, that's huge (if true).
This isn't true any more, and it's mentioned in the article. Sodium is at least equivalent to - and on pace to surpass - the energy density of Lithium. It's already being used in passenger cars in the Far East.
And me my '02 Mitsubishi wagon.
It's unlikely you will see a car powered by those in near future if ever as they have relatively low density. But you'll definitely see those as home battery and such where size/density doesn't matter that much. And I bet it's less inflammable as well.
Edit: ha, I stand corrected, there are cars powered by these but don't expect huge range.
honestly, I'm fine with a lower range. when i go into the office , it's 15 km away from my house. i can charge up at home, drive to work, come back and charge it up for the next day, so as a daily driver it might be fine. The problem comes when I want to go on a road trip, which is my preferred method of going medium to long distance. I avoid flying like the plague, and trains are really expensive for some reason.
In China NMC isn't really used any more as a battery chemistry, almost all cars have LFP batteries. Sodium-ion has a slightly higher energy density than LFP. So basically almost all cars except the really expensive ones with a ridiculous range should switch over to sodium-ion pretty soon.
It's still roughly half of the NMC. I wonder what's the charging speed.
Per the edit, range will probably be fine. Na batts are already reaching the energy density of Li batts in EVs right now. It just takes a while for a new battery on an assembly line to get into actual car models. We're not really waiting on any breakthroughs anymore.