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Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)
submitted 11 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

nor relying on China

The appeal of China is largely in the size of the labor force. Whether this tech is more or less feasible than cobalt and lithium, businesses will still want to exploit the large volume of cheap Chinese labor in order to build them.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I'm sure they'll want to, but that'll be a little better than need to, i.e. relying on them for the raw materials as well.