'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org · 4 months ago

Not this time. They are already being used. They are not super batterie though and won’t to replace Lithium batteries any time soon, but they have their niches.

The main advantage over Lithium batteries is that sodium is an abundant ressource.

'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

New sodium battery creates an internal barrier that prevents fires