Lithium batteries are in everything: smartphones, laptops, headphones, electric cars. But they’re difficult to mine and bad for the environment. Sodium, on the other hand, is abundant and could provide an alternative. The World’s Transportation Correspondent Jeremy Siegel looks at how China is bringing sodium-powered e-scooters to the market.
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