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New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2026
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Is this the next big thing? Na. /j
Sodium-Ion is already in production at CATL. Been for about half a year if I recall. It's slightly less dense than LFP but it's cheaper and promises to get cheaper yet.
And loads of charge cycles IIRC.