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world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries (pme.uchicago.edu)
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[–] FreeLikeGNU@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ni-MH production for EVs was effectively shutdown by Texaco and later Chevron through patent acquisitions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

totally TIL worthy

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Holy shit. I had no idea.

Chevron is pretty fucking evil for a lot of reasons, but we’ll add this one to the pile, I guess.