Syntropic Power and UNIGRID have entered a partnership to commercialize UNIGRID’s sodium chromium oxide battery chemistry in North America.

I’ve been hearing about these for a few years now. Huge if they work out at a large scale.

    • MrEff@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      To be fair, solid state batteries went from being a pipe dream, to being only possible in perfect laboratory settings, to the current state of very real and possible -just expensive. And it has done all of this in about a decade. Just give it time.

      • TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Mercedes will apparently be introducing SS batteries (not to be confused with the SS from Nazi Germany) in 2030. Not too far in the grand scheme of things. Then 2 or 3 years after that every car will have them unless China jumps the gun.

        • AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth
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          2 days ago

          BYD is rumouredo introduce them next year. They filed multiple patents this year and the rumours have been ongoing for years that 2027 is the target year.

        • MrEff@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          You had me at “not to be confused with…” but I’m pretty sure they made the batteries for them too.