Wow wow wow... European Gas prices just surged 50% after Qatar said LNG infrastructure is under threat

NomNom@feddit.uk · edit-2 2 个月前

Wow wow wow... European Gas prices just surged 50% after Qatar said LNG infrastructure is under threat

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 2 个月前

Sodium ion batteries are already in production. They’re not quite at the energy density of lithium but it’s close and also irrelevant for grid storage.

Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前

Are they? I haven’t really been able to find any being offered.

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 2 个月前

https://electrek.co/2026/02/05/first-sodium-ion-battery-ev-debuts-game-changer/

Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前

Cool! I kinda meant “can I buy the cells”, but if they’re being produced in car scales, it’ll probably be a yes pretty soon.

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 2 个月前

After a little more digging, yes you can!

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/catl-sodium-ion-battery-cell.html

berg@lemmy.zip · 2 个月前

Rare earths aren’t just used in batteries, lol