“Challenges of scaling production and cost remain”
indeed ... the EXACT same stumbling blocks of EVERY new magic battery technology touted for the last 50 years ... followed by “more money is needed for research and development” ...
turns out though, after 50 years, LIon and lead/acid are STILL pretty much the only high-capacity battery technologies in common usage ...
CATL would like to join the chat with sodium ion which they took from the lab bench to mass production in 5 years. One third the cost of lithium ion tech it’s why those are already in sub $10000 EVs that would kill every domestic automaker herself they were allowed to be sold here. They meet European crash tests which are harder than ours. If a smart car passes fedgov tests any four door hatchback sized car will too. BYD has a $14,000 plug in hybrid that seats 5 is the size of a Model 3 Tesla and gets 108mpg when in hybrid mode. Mexico gets them next year when BYD opens their factory there. They won’t be $14k probably 25K and they will.sell out day one for whole years production run bank on it.
These guys went gigafactory this year too.
https://natron.energy/our-technology
Natrion would also like to join the chat.