▲ 514 ▼ New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency (interestingengineering.com) submitted 3 months ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've been hearing about these for a few years now. Huge if they work out at a large scale.
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (3 children) It's significantly less dense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KeithD@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's close enough to already be in use in some chinese cars. But definitely better for stationary use cases where density matters less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago It is considerably less dense. Those Chinese cars have only 20 kWh batteries permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago One Chinese car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeithD@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's close enough to already be in use in some chinese cars. But definitely better for stationary use cases where density matters less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago It is considerably less dense. Those Chinese cars have only 20 kWh batteries permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago One Chinese car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago It is considerably less dense. Those Chinese cars have only 20 kWh batteries permalink fedilink source parent