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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by ilyt on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:21AM (#33393796)
Type of material decides on battery's energy density. It's just impossible for battery of "inferior" chemistry to get to same level of capacity.

There is a reason lead ones are not "just" heavy but also physically much bigger than same capacity lithium one.

What will (probably) happen if we get competitive sodium batteries is that they will phase out lithium from the stationary storage so there won't be that huge demand for lithium for everything. Or possibly they will become "cheap EV's battery"

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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by socialdemocrat on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:53AM (#33394056)
Stationary storage will more like be taken over by iron batteries which are much cheaper. Sodium batteries will happen in cars because not everyone needs really long range.
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