Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

Re:Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US p... by IshKebab on Friday May 03, 2024 @04:27PM (#40252009)

2 mins to charge a 40 kWh battery is 1.2 MW. I can't see that happening any time soon.

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Re:Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US p... by cogman10 on Friday May 03, 2024 @04:43PM (#40252172)

And I just don't think it's needed.

You are almost certainly not charging from 0->100%. It's probably more like 10%->90% which gives you 32kW to charge. We currently have 350kW chargers on the market, they'd do that in ~6 minutes.

At some point trying to get 2 minutes vs 6 minutes is just silly nit picking.

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Re:Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US p... by chx on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:36PM (#40252663)

Just install an SMR at every gas station. Problem solved! :P

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