Ryan Inis Hughes says Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production.

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    8 days ago

    While the West gives us Theranos 2: Electric Boogaloo, China’s CATL is giving us lithium-air and sodium-ion batteries.

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      8 days ago

      Really hoping sodium-ion starts hitting the consumer market soon, I want drop-in lead-acid replacements. I know you can get LFP ones (and I have some) but I want even lower risk of fire because I sleep next to these things.

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        4 days ago

        I have mixed news for you. While sodium may be a bit safer than lithium, it’s still pyrophoric, meaning it reacts violently with water amplifying any fire.