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Comment by aappleby

6 days ago

Sodium ion battery energy density is too low for anything but bulk storage.

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jmward01  6 days ago

BYD would disagree with you [1]. A lot of weight is the packaging. Sodium ion is a lot safer so it generally needs less packaging (at least that is my understanding).

[1] https://thenextavenue.com/2025/07/23/how-byds-sodium-ion-bat...

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