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‘Breakthrough battery’ from Sweden may cut dependency on China (www.theguardian.com)

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Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn’t rely on scarce raw materials

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you read the release they are not positioning the battery as a rival to Lithium ion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I think the Guardian has a weird angle on this. Still intetesting tech though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The news outlets do this with every experimental battery tech. Personally, I probably won't even know when something effectively surpasses Li-ion for consumer applications until it actually hits the market, since I've been conditioned to ignore the headlines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They don’t care about facts too much. They mostly prioritize whatever will make people click on their articles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

@Zima the click economy is frustrating.