▲ 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.
[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 9 points 3 months ago (5 children) Can we just skip to solid state batteries please? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (4 children) No one can figure out how to make them without costing a fortune. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) To be fair, solid state batteries went from being a pipe dream, to being only possible in perfect laboratory settings, to the current state of very real and possible -just expensive. And it has done all of this in about a decade. Just give it time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Mercedes will apparently be introducing SS batteries (not to be confused with the SS from Nazi Germany) in 2030. Not too far in the grand scheme of things. Then 2 or 3 years after that every car will have them unless China jumps the gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago You had me at "not to be confused with..." but I'm pretty sure they made the batteries for them too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (4 children) No one can figure out how to make them without costing a fortune. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) To be fair, solid state batteries went from being a pipe dream, to being only possible in perfect laboratory settings, to the current state of very real and possible -just expensive. And it has done all of this in about a decade. Just give it time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Mercedes will apparently be introducing SS batteries (not to be confused with the SS from Nazi Germany) in 2030. Not too far in the grand scheme of things. Then 2 or 3 years after that every car will have them unless China jumps the gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago You had me at "not to be confused with..." but I'm pretty sure they made the batteries for them too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) To be fair, solid state batteries went from being a pipe dream, to being only possible in perfect laboratory settings, to the current state of very real and possible -just expensive. And it has done all of this in about a decade. Just give it time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Mercedes will apparently be introducing SS batteries (not to be confused with the SS from Nazi Germany) in 2030. Not too far in the grand scheme of things. Then 2 or 3 years after that every car will have them unless China jumps the gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago You had me at "not to be confused with..." but I'm pretty sure they made the batteries for them too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Mercedes will apparently be introducing SS batteries (not to be confused with the SS from Nazi Germany) in 2030. Not too far in the grand scheme of things. Then 2 or 3 years after that every car will have them unless China jumps the gun. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago You had me at "not to be confused with..." but I'm pretty sure they made the batteries for them too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago You had me at "not to be confused with..." but I'm pretty sure they made the batteries for them too. permalink fedilink source parent