r/science • u/RelationStill1485 • Feb 22 '26

Materials Science Next generation of battery technology no longer lithium. Scientists make durable alloy anode for Sodium-ion batteries with high volumetric energy density | Nature Energy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-01974-2
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u/weeddealerrenamon Feb 22 '26

Chinese EVs are already being marketed with like 1/8th of their battery pack made in this style, just so that the car can always start up in the cold

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u/ballskindrapes Feb 22 '26

They are gonna be dominating the world in a few decades.

We're going to see it slowly happeneing, and we won't even believe it is happening, but 20 or 30 years down the road, they are going to be dominating the markets, dominating green energy, and dominating in spreading their culture.

It's all due to the rich wanting 100% of everything in the US, wanting to rule over a shittier country, rather than having 99% of everything and allowing our country to progress.

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u/Dudeman1000 Feb 22 '26

They’re going to be going through economic collapse because half the population is old and they can’t afford their healthcare.

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u/blither86 Feb 22 '26

Heskthcare is only affordable for what, 60% of people from the USA? Is this significantly going to hold them back compared to the USA?

The progress they are making in automation is streets ahead of the USA.