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Stellantis invests in affordable sodium-ion battery technology

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Stellantis Ventures became a strategic investor of France-based Tiamat, which is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. According to the legacy automaker, Tiamat is the first company in the world to recently commercialize sodium-ion technology in an electrified product.

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Comment on Exclusive: CATL has talked with dozen automakers for tech licensing; working on 2nd-gen sodium batteries by Jayson

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It's the costs of production that's the biggest challenge. It's just not affordable. @munio In reply to munio. Until we see it in big pocket racing or elitest overpriced cars, we're not going to see them in regular people driveways.

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BYD produces 200K units of its most affordable EV 

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The BYD Seagull made headlines as one of the most affordable electric vehicles on the market. The BYD Seagull was also rumored to be using a sodium-ion battery pack, but it has yet to be confirmed by the Chinese automaker. IF Metall claims half of Tesla’s service techs are union members, but Tesla says over 90% are working.

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

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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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Stellantis invests in Tiamat’s affordable sodium-ion battery tech | Autocar Professional

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Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis, today announced its participation as a strategic investor in Tiamat, a France-based company that is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. Sodium-ion technology offers a lower cost per kilowatt-hour and is free of lithium and cobalt.

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Tech Talk: How sodium-ion batteries could slash the price of EVs | Autocar Professional

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Given how fast things change in this business, chances are lithium-ion batteries – which have drawbacks in terms of sustainability, energy security and cost – will be overtaken by another type of energy storage. SIBs are benign, containing no lithium or cobalt, and sodium is abundant worldwide.

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Total Signs Research Agreement with MIT to Develop New Stationary Batteries for Solar Power; Smaller-Scale Version of All-Liquid Metal Battery Work Supported by ARPA-E

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The ARPA-E award is supported the development of the liquid metal grid-scale battery for low-cost, large scale storage of electrical energy. The Total-MIT research project is primarily focused on development of a low-cost, long-life battery suited to store the power generated by solar panels. The researchers have since switched.

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