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"Suddenly, everyone is talking about sodium ion batteries. Why? Because China
dominates the world market for lithium ion batteries. It controls most of the
supply and processing. It also dominates the market for battery components,
battery cells, battery packs, and everything else to do with making the
batteries for electric transportation and energy storage the world so
desperately needs to lower its carbon emissions.
China does not do things by half measures. Go big or go home is its national
mindset. Twenty years ago, the Chinese saw an opportunity to corner the lithium
ion battery market. Of course, it helped that no one else was interested —
until Elon Musk and Tesla burst on the scene with the Model S. During the
golden age of globalization, most nations — especially the US — were only too
happy to let someone else build stuff, then ship it to them in containers via
ocean going ships. That is until Covid came along and upset the free trade
apple cart.
Now sodium is getting ready to upend the lithium battery industry and break
China’s stranglehold on electric transportation and battery storage. Why?
Because it is cheap and abundant. No country has a lock on the supply of
sodium. There is just too much of it there for the taking. Even better, sodium
ion batteries do not require other materials that are in short supply — like
cobalt, manganese, or nickel."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
