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'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars (www.techradar.com)
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[+] -9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Because (most people believe) China controls its scientists with iron fist and they only research what the state wants them to research.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    For me it’s because they have a tendency to… exaggerate, their research results.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago

    Sodium batteries are real though. You can buy them today, their big promise was that they would be cheaper than lithium batteries because sodium is abundant and readily available whereas lithium is a rare mineral. Then lithium prices fell through the floor and the value proposition failed, at least for now. They're also not as energy dense, which is probably what will hold then back from EV use for a while yet, but the claim around being safer holds up.

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