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CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery for electric vehicles 

Electric Vehicles India

CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery for electric vehicles . The Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the world’s largest electric car battery maker has unveiled a new battery that runs on the affordable and abundantly available sodium instead of lithium. CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery.

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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Eaton Highlights Range of New Products to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Green Car Congress

The diversified manufacturer also said that in addition to boosting engine performance, its superchargers can provide up to a 5% fuel savings and reduce emissions compared to competing technologies. The system can provide a fuel economy benefit of up to 7% when combined with existing cam phaser technology, Eaton said.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

Disappointingly, the report also found that leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA and some Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). There are at least a half dozen different technologies to power cars with electricity under construction. safety requirements.