'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

Reygle@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

We’ve seen articles like this one for at least a decade, and real change has never arrived. Either it’s completely poppycock like usual, or prohibitively expensive and borderline UN-craftable outside of a billion dollar lab.

Don’t get too excited.

'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