The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.
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"We have requests coming from Spain, France, Germany, The Netherlands."
— Darren Tan , Executive
"If you're going to go for sodium […] and you're going to sell safety, then don't start putting elements in that are going to raise red flags."
— Prof Dame Clare Grey , Academic
"Safety tests reported on the cell chemistry are very promising."
— Ivana Hasa , Academic
"We've tried very hard to try and produce it, we've overcharged it as much as we can... We were unsuccessful in generating chromium-6."
— Darren Tan , Executive
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