@ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down17
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.co@ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-square@bastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoLower price and longer life. 50,000 complete cycles. That’s 136 years of complete empty to complete full. Most of these will outlast their mounting hardware.
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoSure. Drop them in budget cars, and when the cars are ready to EOL, move the batteries to energy storage.
minus-square@bastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYep. And decommissioning time? The sodium is all recyclable without major effort, and the Prussian Blue analogs can be discarded.
Lower price and longer life.
50,000 complete cycles. That’s 136 years of complete empty to complete full. Most of these will outlast their mounting hardware.
Sure. Drop them in budget cars, and when the cars are ready to EOL, move the batteries to energy storage.
Yep. And decommissioning time? The sodium is all recyclable without major effort, and the Prussian Blue analogs can be discarded.