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adrian_byesterday at 7:40 PM1 replyview on HN

It is impossible for sodium-ion batteries to reach the same energy density as the best lithium-ion batteries.

So lithium-ion batteries will never be replaced in smartphones or laptops by sodium-ion batteries.

But there are plenty of applications where the energy density of sodium-ion batteries is sufficient. Eventually sodium-ion batteries will be much cheaper and this is why they will replace lithium-ion batteries in all cheap cars and for most stationary energy storage (except when lower auto-discharge is desired).


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rootusrootustoday at 12:51 AM

How much less density are we talking? I'd accept a modest reduction in my smartphone battery capacity if the trade-off was a 10,000 cycle battery.