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the point of sodium batteries is that for stationary applications (e.g. ups/house backup), we've been using scaled up cell phone batteries for the last decade b
by adgjlsfhk1 1y ago
the point of sodium batteries is that for stationary applications (e.g. ups/house backup), we've been using scaled up cell phone batteries for the last decade because the tech space was doing all the r&d. now that we know how good batteries can be, every important niche is getting it's own billions of dollars spent to find the perfect battery for that application
- danans 1y ago> for stationary applications (e.g. ups/house backup), we've been using scaled up cell phone batteries for the last decade That's just the old Powerwall. Most home backup batteries for the last 5 years have been LFP, not Li-ion. I think even Tesla uses LFP in Powerwalls now.
- adgjlsfhk1 1y agothat's fair. in the past 5 years or so, we've been using scaled up car batteries instead of scaled up cell phone batteries which is a lot better, but still imperfect