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New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I've been hearing about these for a few years now. Huge if they work out at a large scale.

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[โ€“] Marija_@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow, an actual innovation and not just growthfroth.

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah batteries have been one of the main areas where the real technological advances have been happening in the past decade. That and photovoltaics