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Re:Solid-State Battery Has 2x the Energy–and No Anode by bluGill on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:57AM (#35386425)
True (within limits), but the largest use of batteries is batteries that move. Utility scale power storage is the only significant use of battery that doesn't move. (there are others, but they are not probably large enough to develop a battery for, and so will be stuck with whatever they can get from the other markets)
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Re:Solid-State Battery Has 2x the Energy–and No Anode by sanderjd on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:06AM (#35386557)
Yes, but stationary energy storage is itself a large use case.

There are also different performance profiles within EVs, where different tradeoffs might make sense. Though, like you, I'm somewhat skeptical that any non-lithium chemistries will break through in that space.

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