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[–] tb_@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

It doesn't really dispute it, though. Lithium-ion has seen a lot of improvement, yes, because it's already a giant industry; other battery chemistries have a hard time breaking through because they require entirely different processes to manufacture.
I'm still rooting for it, but it's not really the same thing.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

This too is false, great progress has been made on for instance solid state batteries.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Some progress is being made, but it hasn't seen large-scale adoption yet. Which is the point, as I read it.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

It takes time to scale up production, CATL is already building factories for it:

https://www.catl.com/en/news/6401.html

On April 21, 2025, CATL unveiled three groundbreaking EV battery products at its inaugural Super Tech Day: The Freevoy Dual-Power Battery, Naxtra - the world's first mass produced sodium-ion battery

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

These press releases are weekly. Naxtra will be 30% cheaper, but also bigger and heavier. The problem here is the damn periodic table, someone should change it.

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