‘Breakthrough battery’ may cut dependency on China: Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt has developed its first sodium-ion battery, which does not use lithium, nickel, graphite, and cobalt

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  1. what makes sodium batteries so amazing is just how abundant and easy to extract sodium is

    sodium makes up 2.36% of the Earths crust

    for comparison ,copper is just 0,006 %

    [https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/elements-in-the-earths-crust-abundance/#:~:text=The%20fourth%20most%20common%20element,alloy%20of%20carbon%20and%20iron](https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/elements-in-the-earths-crust-abundance/#:~:text=The%20fourth%20most%20common%20element,alloy%20of%20carbon%20and%20iron).

    **sodium(natrium) can literally be extracted from salt**

    only downside is lower energy density than curent lithium-based batteries,so sodium will likely be used first for grid-energy storage and not for EVs

  2. Probably will be the same as all the other new and revolutionary “inventions”, we won’t hear a thing after few weeks and keep relying on Chinese batteries.

  3. No way, graphene batteries will increase smartphone battery life by 10 times five years ago!

  4. If they get to the point of commercial viability, they should go get a partnership with League of Legends. Best source of sodium I know

  5. The thing is that the chinese battery gigants have a massive and expanding lead on this technology too

    They have much more automated and robotised factories

    They will always outperform European battery makers, their sodium batteries go for 40$ the KWh, and are expected to drop to 20 over the decade

    No European company can compete with that, and that’s ok

    European exports are on heavy industry, which we have an advantage on and China relies upon us greatly

    Let them build our batteries and we will build their heavy industry

    Free trade is better

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