@ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1385 cross-posted to: northcarolina@lemmy.worldenergy@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1385external-linkNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.co@ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square94fedilink cross-posted to: northcarolina@lemmy.worldenergy@slrpnk.net
minus-square@bastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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 month 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 month 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.