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Natron Energy, a Santa Clara, California-based sodium-ion battery startup, ceased operation on 3 September due to funding issues. Just a year ago, the company made headlines for its plans to build a first-of-its-kind US $1.4 billion factory in North Carolina to manufacture up to 14 gigawatt-hours of sodium-ion batteries. While experts say Natron’s closure shouldn’t be taken as a harbinger for the rest of the emerging industry in the United States, they acknowledge that the West is behind China,…
