• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    Batteries degrade with age too. It would probably have to be cycled 10 times a day to get that many cycles.

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      11 months ago

      I could see that happening if these are used in gas hybrid cars, or ev taxis, or maybe grid scale energy buffering

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        11 months ago

        They may work for non plug in hybrids, which have quite small batteries that cycle a lot, but the energy density is far too low for full EV vehicles.

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          11 months ago

          … Sodium Ion are already being sold in EVs.