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Natron collaborates with Clarios on first mass manufacturing of Sodium-ion batteries

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This collaboration will place the United States at the forefront of sodium-ion battery manufacturing. Natron has spent 10 years developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing. In 2020, ARPA-E awarded the company $20 million through the SCALEUP program to increase production of its sodium-ion batteries by 30x.

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Report: China to Introduce New-Energy Vehicle Regulations in 2010

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the current annual production capacities of China’s Nickel-hydrogen batteries and lithium-ion battery, the key parts of electric vehicles, will exceed 0.14 According to the expectation from the NDRC, the amount of pure electric vehicles in China will reach 100,000 units in 2012 and climb to 4,000,000 units in 2020.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We Honda, Japan’s second-largest carmaker, last week beganbuilding a lithium-ion battery factory with joint-venturepartner GS Yuasa Corp. the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S.

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