China develops iron battery 80 times cheaper than lithium that can last 16 years. It provides a budget-friendly, high-endurance answer for the world’s massive energy storage needs.

HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 4 months ago

China develops iron battery 80 times cheaper than lithium that can last 16 years. It provides a budget-friendly, high-endurance answer for the world’s massive energy storage needs.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 months ago

we’re not using all the same battery tech today. there’s sodium ion batteries which are widespread in china already today. the west is just lagging behind (again)

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

Well, they do make them over there.

Technology wise, we really have a lot of eggs in the ai basket.

bluesheep@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

Technology wise, we really have a lot of eggs in the ai basket

So not only are we lagging behind, we’re also making idiotic choices about what to advance in

China develops iron battery 80 times cheaper than lithium that can last 16 years. It provides a budget-friendly, high-endurance answer for the world’s massive energy storage needs.

China develops iron battery 80 times cheaper than lithium that can last 16 years. It provides a budget-friendly, high-endurance answer for the world’s massive energy storage needs.

China's new iron battery hits 99.4 percent efficiency over 6000 cycles