572
New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles
(interestingengineering.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
572 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
84569 readers
4960 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Nickel iron is typically used for off grid solar energy storage. Weight doesn't matter at all since the battery won't be moved. The most important thing is lifetime. Traditional nickel iron batteries last for decades and can be refurbished.