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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

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JAC Motors has developed a new EV sporting a sodium-ion battery that it says has lower costs and more abundant raw materials. Yiwei, a new brand for the automaker in 2023, announced a 157-mile EV, but it’s hardly a car Americans are known to flock to, as it’s a tiny five-door hatch.

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CATL unveils new sodium-ion battery for electric vehicles 

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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. million miles).

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ARPA-E launches $45M funding for advanced batteries for electric vehicles; EVs4ALL

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Through DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries. lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca)]. Oxide-based anodes.

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

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Sodium ion batteries (SIBs, also known as Na ion batteries or NIBs) have been on the horizon for a while but they weren’t expected to be mature enough for cars for some time yet. The JMEV EV3 (Youth Edition) is a micro-EV city car and has a range of 156 miles / 260 kilometres. Overall, SIBs are around 30% cheaper than lithium ion.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

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Drivers want a safe, affordable and comfortable way to get from A to B. Drivers in the Great Plains region, by contrast, will find charging opportunities sparse, and certainly too thinly distributed to support the typical mile range of an electric vehicle.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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The Program’s 2015 targets are $30/kW and 5,000-hour durability (approximately 150,000 miles of driving), which, it says, will enable fuel cells to be competitive with current gasoline internal combustion engine systems. Developing a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with more than 7,300-hour durability in the lab, with voltage cycling.

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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Companies Will Have More Affordable EVs Their Lineup As major automakers around the world develop their nascent EV lines, dozens of new EV vehicles including new premium models, middle-market sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks will make their debuts in global markets in 2023 and 2024.

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