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…
  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    26·
    6 months ago

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

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      6 months ago

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

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        6 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.