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" CATL has thrown its hat into the ring with the Naxtra sodium-ion battery, with 175 Wh/kg and 10,000 lifetime cycles along with operation from -40°C to 70°C. CATL is planning a start-stop battery for trucks using the technology. It has the potential to replace lead-acid batteries. CATL has announced battery pricing at the cell level in volume at $19/kWh. "

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (12 children)

if i can afford one, i'll buy a car with it. but if i can't, i'll keep using my 04 nissan.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] Overspark@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

It's still roughly half of the NMC. I wonder what's the charging speed.

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