ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNorth Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactoryelectrek.coArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago and lithium tech has only gained a few percent a year isn’t it about an 8% improvement year on year historically?
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI double checked. It looks like about 5% per year.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoyeah that seems about right, it’s still pretty good though. Over 10 years that’s 50% more capacity compared to older cells.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s actually been about 8% in recent years, but historically 5%. We’ll see which one holds, but either compounds to doubling capacity in shorter time than you might think.
isn’t it about an 8% improvement year on year historically?
I double checked. It looks like about 5% per year.
yeah that seems about right, it’s still pretty good though.
Over 10 years that’s 50% more capacity compared to older cells.
It’s actually been about 8% in recent years, but historically 5%. We’ll see which one holds, but either compounds to doubling capacity in shorter time than you might think.