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Battery advances in the last couple of decades have also been incredibly impressive.
by AndrewDucker 7mo ago
Battery advances in the last couple of decades have also been incredibly impressive.
- random3 7mo agoYes, cancer, bateries and computing has seen impressive progress. Yet, in general the correlation between results "on paper" and results in practice is over a long period of time, if any. It doesn't mean that new results aren't good, just that they may not translate into something practical very soon.
- goku12 7mo agoI'm curious. Are they in the market in large enough volumes yet? I've been waiting for ages for something better than Li-Ion and LiPo tech to become widely available. We need much higher energy densities, and preferably without the fire hazard.
- AndrewDucker 7mo agoLithium-Ion density has basically doubled over the last decade. And the cost has dropped by 2/3. See figure 2 here: https://rmi.org/the-rise-of-batteries-in-six-charts-and-not-too-many-numbers/ https://rmi.org/the-rise-of-batteries-in-six-charts-and-not-... and the data here: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/charted-lithium-ion-batteries-keep-getting-cheaper/ https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/charted-lithium-ion-ba... (Both of these are a couple of years old. I'm sure there's newer data out there that looks even beter.) Newer batteries chemistries are slowly arriving, but they mostly aren't replacing Li-ion because Li-ion is getting better all the time. Except in specific circumstances. Like the Sodium-Ion ones that work far better at low temperatures and entered mass production two months ago: https://carnewschina.com/2026/01/22/catl-unveils-worlds-first-mass-production-sodium-ion-battery-for-commercial-vehicles/ https://carnewschina.com/2026/01/22/catl-unveils-worlds-firs...