Roundtable: Why is 2026 the Year of Sodium-Ion Batteries?

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Sodium-based batteries could be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion, and the technology is eventually making its way into energy storage arrays in cars and on the grid. Sodium-ion batteries are one of the MIT Technology Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026 The list, and this subscriber-only discussion, explains why.