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ZeroGravitas ◴[] No.45679414[source]
A parallel worth bearing in mind is that LFP batteries became super popular over the last few years and are now 50% of all EV batteries worldwide, but are still rare in the US.

This is partly because the US is a richer market with higher end desires but it might mislead people in that geography into thinking that the battery mass manufacturing world moves slowly.

Meanwhile in the storage market it's gone to 90% LFP as the big deployments take advantage of the cost reductions available.

In fact the biggest impediment to sodium being rolled out was continuing reductions in LFP cost which made people less enhusiastic for alternatives.

It appears they've managed to drive costs down even further, prompting its graduation into mass scale manufacture.

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IlikeKitties ◴[] No.45679470[source]
I'd prefer LFP Batteries anyway. Much more stable chemistry in regards. Higher Cycle Life, Higher Temperature Stability and they are significantly less likely to blow up or catch fire in an accident. Their only disadvantage is energy density.
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1. alphabetag675 ◴[] No.45679604[source]
Sodium batteries are much better for environment. Sodium is everywhere.
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2. bryanlarsen ◴[] No.45682079[source]
Lithium is common and present everywhere too.