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johanvtsyesterday at 7:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

Thanks, I wanted to know about price. Isn't that the main benefit of sodium-ion. On par energy density with LFP, but a lot cheaper.


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jbmtoday at 12:39 AM

I thought the price differential was not going to happen as there was a serious drop in the price of Lithium over the past year; but I looked it up and the lithium price drop is more a 5 year trend, with the last few months having a sudden surge in the price.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lithium

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PunchyHamsteryesterday at 8:09 PM

*potentially a lot cheaper.

I've seen that repeated a lot but I still can't buy sodium batteries cheaper than lifepo...

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