but it still has to take FOREVER to charge and there are no places to charge
It will be on the shelf next to Mr. Fusion in 10 years, right?
Sodium? Anybody remember the junior high chemistry demonstration when the teacher threw sodium into a container of water?
Big yawn. Energy density is still a problem. Charging time is still a problem. Grid capacity is still a problem. Battery complexity is still a problem. Thermal runaway is still a problem. Cost is still a problem. Battery deterioration with time and use is still a problem. Batteries have uses, but transportation is not valid one. Nor is substitution for actual generation on the grid a valid use.
“All-solid-state batteries are considered a safe and powerful option for running electric vehicles”
Until they burst and produce and uncontrollable chemical reaction that can take down cargo ships and parking garages, or fry occupants of an elevator.
“Pritzeker college” and yet another Chinese name leading breakthroughs in science at a liberal college.