Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officially commenced…
  • MxM111
    18•6 months ago

    70 Wh/Kg is indeed very low density comparing with today’s li-ion 300 Wh/kg.

    • Carighan MaconarEnglish
      26•6 months ago

      Yeah but for many low-power applications, it’s a damn cool development. Like I have a bluetooth keyboard and a few controllers that could eaisly fit a battery 3x-4x the current size inside no problem, so there’s no need to waste lithium on that.

    • hauiEnglish
      16•6 months ago

      At 1000 times the abundancy, it is already 233 times better for stationary applications than lithium ion, no?

        • hauiEnglish
          5•6 months ago

          Probably more like x times more profit if we cant get competition going

    • @mipadaituEnglish
      13•6 months ago

      Still great for grid storage. Save the higher density stuff for cars, trucks, and space.

    • @Cornelius_WangenheimEnglish
      12•6 months ago

      LiPo batteries are the more comparable type and are in the 140-200 Wh/kg range. For version 1.0, that’s not a bad number.

    • @HolyginzEnglish
      1•4 months ago

      The problem with advancing these batteries is the barrier to entry. Very few are willing to invest in advancing lithium free batteries when li-ion batteries are inexpensive and have been improving. There needs to be a minimum advancement before people are willing to adopt the new technology and get it up to and beyond where we currently are. Hopefully I explained that in an understandable way lol.