Other use cases would be where a car has some sodium batteries and some lithium based ones. The sodium batteries could serve most of the “wear and tear” of short trips, with a second smaller lithium back available to augment overall range which is not used as often.
This is a neat idea, but wouldn't solid-state lithium be far, far better for that purpose?
I could see it being useful for semi trucks where volume isn't as much of an issue, especially if the batteries are hanging under the trailer.
Sodium-ion batteries are gaining attention as a potential alternative to lithium-ion batteries for EVs, mainly due to their cost-effectiveness and abundance of raw materials. Sodium is more readily available and less expensive than lithium, making it an attractive prospect for scaling up EV production.
I don't know why they said this — they really aren't a viable alternative for weight-sensitive contexts at all. Their density is only abut 60% that of Li-ion batteries, and that isn't even getting into solid-state Li batteries which are even more dense. If weight isn't an issue, like for home or grid backup storage, they're fine. For cars or bikes, not so much.
Edit: replied to the wrong thread, duh
LLMs will not give us AGI. This is obvious to anyone who knows how they work.
There's also no correlation between creating a Lemmy account and completely quitting Reddit.
"Google kills Chromecast and replaces it with something that it will also kill and replace in a few years"
I made the mistake of buying Google Homes years ago. They got badly nerfed last year — Google removed the ability to read recipes out loud, which is the main thing I used it for. They also crippled the API so that I can no longer add tasks to Todoist. I'm never buying another Google product.
Least out-of-touch CEO
Hmm the process doesn't seem to be running at all on my X1 Carbon Gen 9 running EndeavourOS.
Forgive my ignorance, but isn't this like complaining that a PlayStation 2 can't play PS5 games?
I wonder why...
Not really — portable batteries are already on the market and aren't that much more than conventional Li-ion.