ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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.coArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square94fedilink cross-posted to: northcarolina@lemmy.worldenergy@slrpnk.net
minus-squarebastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoSure. Drop them in budget cars, and when the cars are ready to EOL, move the batteries to energy storage.
minus-squarebastion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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.