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Battery claims Battery claims April 1st 2025, Californian start-up  Inlyte partners with Swiss manufacturer Horien on Sodium Iron Batteries.  Claims of very long life batteries with costs as low as $35 kwh. That translates to 0.3 cents a kwh when used as grid storage using readily available materials.  It really makes a mockery of Nuclear and non battery storage solutions.  https://newatlas.com/energy/sodium-iron-battery-storage-inlyte/ March 28th 2025, Hina launches Sodium EV batteries  The batteries boast 165wh/kg which is virtually on a par with many LFP batteries and can cope with 8000 fast charges and low temperatures. So on a 200 mile range battery that would be 1.6 million miles.  On the subject of sodium I'm starting to see adverts for home sodium batteries. The home is where cycle life becomes important.  If my car battery only lasts 1000 cycles it probably wouldn't bother me. But a home battery could cycle twice a day in intense use. 1000 cyc...