discussion keeps the world turning this is round table Could the future of electric power lie in your kitchen?
For years, lithium has been battery royalty.
But now, a humbler contender is stepping out of the kitchen and into the spotlight.
Sodium, the key element in plain old salt.
It's cheap, abundant, and surprisingly powerful.
Is it just a backup plan, or could salt truly reshape the energy world?
Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm He Yang.
Today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Ding Hung in the studio.
First on today's show,
imagine zipping through city streets on an electric scooter powered by something as common as table salt.
Sounds like science fiction.
It's already reality in China,
where sodium batteries are fueling everything from millions of e-scooters to massive energy stations.
The salty solution is gaining serious ground.
We discuss why China is so excited about it, or why should everybody be excited about it,
how it stacks up against traditional lithium, what it means for vehicles,
grid storage, and the global race to power up with salt.
have been the darling of the energy world?
How does sodium batteries compare with lithium?