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Why The Sudden Emergence Of Sodium-Ion Batteries?

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There are many questions about what is happening with sodium-ion batteries today. For example, to most people, news that CATL expects to commercialize sodium-ion batteries for EVs in 2026 with 310 mile range comes as quite a surprise. Background There are several different sodium-ion battery cathodes, just as there are … [continued]

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China’s Chips Manhattan Project And The Semiconductor Skills Race

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China’s covert effort to build an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) system, described as a Manhattan Project and leveraging Chinese nationals with experience from key Dutch EUV manufacturer ASML, is not interesting because it appeared suddenly or because it surprised intelligence agencies. It is interesting because it exposed how industrial capability … [continued]

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Crude Oil Prices Down In 2025 Due To Oversupply

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I don’t know if this was coordinated in any way with the Venezuela drama, but it’s an interesting piece to come out from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) at this time. The agency just published the following report: “Crude oil prices fell in 2025 amid oversupply.” The most popular … [continued]

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